NSC MATRIC POEMS 2023
The Renaissance Era (1500 – 1650)
E rhymescheme couplet
1. 'To me fair friend' (Shakespeare 1564 - 1616)hybridsonnet p2
Lp vata octave
2. 'The Sun Rising' (Donne 1572 - 1631) Rigidrhymeschemeflexiblerhytimep 3
3. 'Go, lovely Rose' (Waller 1606 - 1687) yfipiemiieguiiiinjinip.fr p5
APOSTROPHE
The Romantic Era (1790 – 1850)
4. 'Ozymandias of Egypt' (Shelley 1792 - 1822) p6
The Victorian Era (1830 – 1900)
5. 'Remember' (Rossetti 1830 - 1894) psonnet scheme p7
darkened
The Modern era (1890 -1950)
6. 'Will it be so again' (Lewis 1904 - 1972)Modernpoem p8
RHETORICALQUESTIONS
7. 'Moving through the silent crowd' (Spender 1909 - 1995) p9
8. 'nobody loses all the time' (cummings 1894 - 1962)
in p 10
Postmodern Poetry (1950 – 1970)
Dramatic
monologue
9. 'Mirror' (Plath 1932 -1963) shortsentencesfreeversemirrorlike p 12
enjambment DOUBLES POLARITIES
South African Protest Poetry (1850 – 1990)
10. 'The Discardment' (Paton 1903 - 1988) Enjambment nominalisation p 13
11. 'Touch' (Lewin 1939 - 2019) stanzas enjambment p 14
freeverseshortlines
unevenflow
African Poets
scheme
12. 'Namaqualand after rain' (Plomer 1903 - 1973)Lyricpoemregular
rhyme
meterSENSORY p 17
alternating
13. 'Cockroaches' (Yambo 1947 - ) EEEdthheapi.io gularlineiengens p 18
14. 'Strangers Forever' (Kassam 1948 - ) p 19
Enjayetanatheater tuation
15. 'For Oom Piet' (Dowling 1962 - ) Dedication freeverseenjambment p 21
16. 'The Tenant' (Na Ngulube 1980 - ) p 22
Eliendednetipies
1
, helovesthisperson
somuchthatitimpact
Fatesseeshakespeare
ii it D
ggisgn
mgeqyu.gg
hyjimggygakespyg.tk
Sonnet 104: ‘To me, fair friend, you never can be old’
by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Elizabethan
rhyme
couplet
itselementEpping
volta
Petrarchan
To me,anteriii
fair friend,
draws you never can be old,
ÉÉan p ÉÉÉ
ñ
9init ourattentiontoone thatthepoemisbeingaddressedtosomeone
race
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
p
Eightfango
acasingt.mu nghblyaginesthestaddenesEneejkirs'E masebeau
a Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold nE
EEf
repetition Ef.EE EeE
Tearssincetheymet
managed
b Have from the forests shook three summers’ pride;personification acanpeieaiismnmg.ee9sEmmer
snogenes Tears
c Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn’d 5
Paying
snakespightgssinthare
d In process of the seasons have I seen,
hithomancic
spring summer militia
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn’d,
d Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green. 9959,9yduntouched captegaaim
drIsta's
painaneAh, yet doth beauty,
mama
like a dial-hand,
mmeaesmanesmeaii.fi
iiiiir iiiiiime.ir i angest p.IE
ii i
Iii a Steal
a So
from his figure, and no pace perceiv’d;
your
steal
timeshould
amenitybut beauty meters
sweet hue,
their
which methinks still
1nÉÉdÉ
doth
ÉÉÉém
stand,
nÉbé
10
Tungsten's'sunknamnged
thatwecannot
percieyggnn yhigfgggn.gg
page
does i eye mayjudge
change cannotobjectively
beauty because
Hath motion, and mine be your
deceiv’d: shem
blighghisment
coloninctipating
evenif
youa re that
scared other willsee
people youaging
Chiat For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred, --
g poem
L
rhythmically
aldermen
breaks
g Ere you were born was beauty’s summer dead. myrtle ng
nothingonearthwillevermatchyour
content sumsupmainmessageofp.com
beauty
future
9 948Itcey
that theinwheh.fr I evenifyoudoageandbecomelessbeautiful
thefi.ME
immortalized
en8fbeaut ImthetePa
Edsin
9m phembeen
Thestructurereinforcesthe meaning
Poemis a Shakespeareansonnetwith 3quatrains arhymingcouplet
Thefirsttwoquatrainscaptureinhyperbdethe beautyof the
fairfriendwhoneverappears to Thethirdstanzaisintroduced
thevolta ah which shifts age
thetonefromcertaintytosomedoubt
by yet fairfriendis specificto THIS
thatperhapsthe aging butit isjustnotnoticableasthe poem
movementof timeisnotnoticablewhenwatching a clockTherhyming
caplet contains the centralmessagewhichis that the fair
friend'sbeautyis immortalised inthispoemforfuturegenerations
whatyouwould
whowillneverseesuchbeautyintheirlivesAlltheemotionof
is the poems for
controlled
bytherhythm of theiambicpentameter
2
say
question like
any
5
, structure Rigidrhymescheme createsexpectation that it is aconventionalpoem
contrasted withflexiblemeter rhythm breaksthe expectation
The Sun Rising by metaphysical
poleÉpirediepiympriiiscpiiiaisibiectig.iq
John Donne (1572 – 1631) ijitii.fi iigi
Ties on
Eisis
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Enestonespecificallyapostrophe nmmiii
T.TT EE
Why dost thou thus, whyare doing
you this
inte.EE eErnarse
EIn
mustwealsofollowalongwithwhenyourise yousee
J EuidFalEnnG
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? ÑÉÉasgftp.e sagelovesupersedes
allother
É
philosophical
A Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? things time like
suntoanunhappynosy grumpytidfersiia.ae
comparingthe
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide heathmatinepesseoftimeappiggg
dbfshhgf.gg
niam
Late school-boys and sour prentices,begging
upanpgpgggtyee.gg
thingstodo
move Thised
gEEE.EEensicine
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
saysthesunmustwake somepeopleup not
Personification
Call country ants to harvest offices; wakesome requiresconsciesness hugality
bythe
all alike, notoseason knows
loveis
clime, oftime seasons
impervious unchanged
E Love, norpassage
redundanttoemphasizethatnomatterhowmuchtime itis
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
itdoesn'tchangethevalue powerofca
E metaphorelementsoftimearecomparedto anunvalued
rag Uyghtingght
admires
someone
Thy beams sois
sunbeams something
reverend, and strong m hsÉs oees5
ÉEgeI Why shouldst thou think? a EEneiiegmte G challengingthem
beams
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,rygtygjngsmyneyy.ie our
5
But
comparing
that I
himselftoalarger
would
bodynspase
not lose her isight so long.
y
me a
eiapehsifmysi.ci
I
If her eyes have not blinded thine,
ButIdonotwanttostoplooking atmylover
even
poem
if don'tblind check
yougolate tell me,
theyand to-morrow
Look, if
compqgpsagea.es
hesjeauryinnE ifeng.tegng.es blithe hÉemns
Whether bothare
theindies there
th'still
Indias ofIhendiesare
éÉÉ
spice and mine
valueisembodiedin hislovedone
precious this microca
Thespicesareinmy bedthey
Be where thou left'st arenot
them, orslie
there
tillhere Hyperbdic
with me.
Ée eTÉrmEhemblies
p Gaiggegn.
highestmembersofsociety
Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday, sheisgsigapgt.tnflred
Ehe
ᵈh
The royalty's
And thou importance isin my
shalt hear, "All here in bed
one bed lay." hyperbolic
biggg
Inonepersonsheisas importantas allthecountriescombined microcosm
She's all states, and all princes I;
Heisasimportantasallprinces thesethategidepantegnt
centreme
Nothing else is;zoning
Realprincespretendtobeus
Team
Princes do but play us; compared to this,
love theirloveisrealgold other
allimportantthingstrytobeus allgoldis animitationoftheir goldisfakealchemy
All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.
you arenothalfashappyasweare
sunart mislead
bedline
Thou, Sun, half as happy as we,
β
In that the world's contracted thus;
the ThhnhEETgGation
ngmjustthh.it ship embodied MrFane
you old
are should
soyou foreasierjobs
look
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
plffffing your jobisto warmtheworld bywarmingjustus your
mocking
To warm the world, that's done in warming us. dutyisdone theworldis representedinthem
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; thesunissubservienttothelovers
must
warm world
themandindoingsowarmthe
This bed thy center is, these walls thy sphere.
solipsistic ideathatthe
weyiaths.EEante
hinge
bedoise
and
ierse.Ti i me aEsmi
n n man
wholeworld
revolvesaround
yell
metaphysicalconciet
centatergt antelphor
Timeisnotdirectlyreferencedinthepoem
thesunhasconnotationswithtime
metaphorsmicrocosms apostrophe
theloversbelievetheyareindependentto support eachother erg
meting.gg Eeemihic
The Renaissance Era (1500 – 1650)
E rhymescheme couplet
1. 'To me fair friend' (Shakespeare 1564 - 1616)hybridsonnet p2
Lp vata octave
2. 'The Sun Rising' (Donne 1572 - 1631) Rigidrhymeschemeflexiblerhytimep 3
3. 'Go, lovely Rose' (Waller 1606 - 1687) yfipiemiieguiiiinjinip.fr p5
APOSTROPHE
The Romantic Era (1790 – 1850)
4. 'Ozymandias of Egypt' (Shelley 1792 - 1822) p6
The Victorian Era (1830 – 1900)
5. 'Remember' (Rossetti 1830 - 1894) psonnet scheme p7
darkened
The Modern era (1890 -1950)
6. 'Will it be so again' (Lewis 1904 - 1972)Modernpoem p8
RHETORICALQUESTIONS
7. 'Moving through the silent crowd' (Spender 1909 - 1995) p9
8. 'nobody loses all the time' (cummings 1894 - 1962)
in p 10
Postmodern Poetry (1950 – 1970)
Dramatic
monologue
9. 'Mirror' (Plath 1932 -1963) shortsentencesfreeversemirrorlike p 12
enjambment DOUBLES POLARITIES
South African Protest Poetry (1850 – 1990)
10. 'The Discardment' (Paton 1903 - 1988) Enjambment nominalisation p 13
11. 'Touch' (Lewin 1939 - 2019) stanzas enjambment p 14
freeverseshortlines
unevenflow
African Poets
scheme
12. 'Namaqualand after rain' (Plomer 1903 - 1973)Lyricpoemregular
rhyme
meterSENSORY p 17
alternating
13. 'Cockroaches' (Yambo 1947 - ) EEEdthheapi.io gularlineiengens p 18
14. 'Strangers Forever' (Kassam 1948 - ) p 19
Enjayetanatheater tuation
15. 'For Oom Piet' (Dowling 1962 - ) Dedication freeverseenjambment p 21
16. 'The Tenant' (Na Ngulube 1980 - ) p 22
Eliendednetipies
1
, helovesthisperson
somuchthatitimpact
Fatesseeshakespeare
ii it D
ggisgn
mgeqyu.gg
hyjimggygakespyg.tk
Sonnet 104: ‘To me, fair friend, you never can be old’
by William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Elizabethan
rhyme
couplet
itselementEpping
volta
Petrarchan
To me,anteriii
fair friend,
draws you never can be old,
ÉÉan p ÉÉÉ
ñ
9init ourattentiontoone thatthepoemisbeingaddressedtosomeone
race
For as you were when first your eye I eyed,
p
Eightfango
acasingt.mu nghblyaginesthestaddenesEneejkirs'E masebeau
a Such seems your beauty still. Three winters cold nE
EEf
repetition Ef.EE EeE
Tearssincetheymet
managed
b Have from the forests shook three summers’ pride;personification acanpeieaiismnmg.ee9sEmmer
snogenes Tears
c Three beauteous springs to yellow autumn turn’d 5
Paying
snakespightgssinthare
d In process of the seasons have I seen,
hithomancic
spring summer militia
Three April perfumes in three hot Junes burn’d,
d Since first I saw you fresh, which yet are green. 9959,9yduntouched captegaaim
drIsta's
painaneAh, yet doth beauty,
mama
like a dial-hand,
mmeaesmanesmeaii.fi
iiiiir iiiiiime.ir i angest p.IE
ii i
Iii a Steal
a So
from his figure, and no pace perceiv’d;
your
steal
timeshould
amenitybut beauty meters
sweet hue,
their
which methinks still
1nÉÉdÉ
doth
ÉÉÉém
stand,
nÉbé
10
Tungsten's'sunknamnged
thatwecannot
percieyggnn yhigfgggn.gg
page
does i eye mayjudge
change cannotobjectively
beauty because
Hath motion, and mine be your
deceiv’d: shem
blighghisment
coloninctipating
evenif
youa re that
scared other willsee
people youaging
Chiat For fear of which, hear this, thou age unbred, --
g poem
L
rhythmically
aldermen
breaks
g Ere you were born was beauty’s summer dead. myrtle ng
nothingonearthwillevermatchyour
content sumsupmainmessageofp.com
beauty
future
9 948Itcey
that theinwheh.fr I evenifyoudoageandbecomelessbeautiful
thefi.ME
immortalized
en8fbeaut ImthetePa
Edsin
9m phembeen
Thestructurereinforcesthe meaning
Poemis a Shakespeareansonnetwith 3quatrains arhymingcouplet
Thefirsttwoquatrainscaptureinhyperbdethe beautyof the
fairfriendwhoneverappears to Thethirdstanzaisintroduced
thevolta ah which shifts age
thetonefromcertaintytosomedoubt
by yet fairfriendis specificto THIS
thatperhapsthe aging butit isjustnotnoticableasthe poem
movementof timeisnotnoticablewhenwatching a clockTherhyming
caplet contains the centralmessagewhichis that the fair
friend'sbeautyis immortalised inthispoemforfuturegenerations
whatyouwould
whowillneverseesuchbeautyintheirlivesAlltheemotionof
is the poems for
controlled
bytherhythm of theiambicpentameter
2
say
question like
any
5
, structure Rigidrhymescheme createsexpectation that it is aconventionalpoem
contrasted withflexiblemeter rhythm breaksthe expectation
The Sun Rising by metaphysical
poleÉpirediepiympriiiscpiiiaisibiectig.iq
John Donne (1572 – 1631) ijitii.fi iigi
Ties on
Eisis
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, Enestonespecificallyapostrophe nmmiii
T.TT EE
Why dost thou thus, whyare doing
you this
inte.EE eErnarse
EIn
mustwealsofollowalongwithwhenyourise yousee
J EuidFalEnnG
Through windows, and through curtains, call on us? ÑÉÉasgftp.e sagelovesupersedes
allother
É
philosophical
A Must to thy motions lovers' seasons run? things time like
suntoanunhappynosy grumpytidfersiia.ae
comparingthe
Saucy pedantic wretch, go chide heathmatinepesseoftimeappiggg
dbfshhgf.gg
niam
Late school-boys and sour prentices,begging
upanpgpgggtyee.gg
thingstodo
move Thised
gEEE.EEensicine
Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride,
saysthesunmustwake somepeopleup not
Personification
Call country ants to harvest offices; wakesome requiresconsciesness hugality
bythe
all alike, notoseason knows
loveis
clime, oftime seasons
impervious unchanged
E Love, norpassage
redundanttoemphasizethatnomatterhowmuchtime itis
Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
itdoesn'tchangethevalue powerofca
E metaphorelementsoftimearecomparedto anunvalued
rag Uyghtingght
admires
someone
Thy beams sois
sunbeams something
reverend, and strong m hsÉs oees5
ÉEgeI Why shouldst thou think? a EEneiiegmte G challengingthem
beams
I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink,rygtygjngsmyneyy.ie our
5
But
comparing
that I
himselftoalarger
would
bodynspase
not lose her isight so long.
y
me a
eiapehsifmysi.ci
I
If her eyes have not blinded thine,
ButIdonotwanttostoplooking atmylover
even
poem
if don'tblind check
yougolate tell me,
theyand to-morrow
Look, if
compqgpsagea.es
hesjeauryinnE ifeng.tegng.es blithe hÉemns
Whether bothare
theindies there
th'still
Indias ofIhendiesare
éÉÉ
spice and mine
valueisembodiedin hislovedone
precious this microca
Thespicesareinmy bedthey
Be where thou left'st arenot
them, orslie
there
tillhere Hyperbdic
with me.
Ée eTÉrmEhemblies
p Gaiggegn.
highestmembersofsociety
Ask for those kings whom thou saw'st yesterday, sheisgsigapgt.tnflred
Ehe
ᵈh
The royalty's
And thou importance isin my
shalt hear, "All here in bed
one bed lay." hyperbolic
biggg
Inonepersonsheisas importantas allthecountriescombined microcosm
She's all states, and all princes I;
Heisasimportantasallprinces thesethategidepantegnt
centreme
Nothing else is;zoning
Realprincespretendtobeus
Team
Princes do but play us; compared to this,
love theirloveisrealgold other
allimportantthingstrytobeus allgoldis animitationoftheir goldisfakealchemy
All honour's mimic, all wealth alchemy.
you arenothalfashappyasweare
sunart mislead
bedline
Thou, Sun, half as happy as we,
β
In that the world's contracted thus;
the ThhnhEETgGation
ngmjustthh.it ship embodied MrFane
you old
are should
soyou foreasierjobs
look
Thine age asks ease, and since thy duties be
plffffing your jobisto warmtheworld bywarmingjustus your
mocking
To warm the world, that's done in warming us. dutyisdone theworldis representedinthem
Shine here to us, and thou art everywhere; thesunissubservienttothelovers
must
warm world
themandindoingsowarmthe
This bed thy center is, these walls thy sphere.
solipsistic ideathatthe
weyiaths.EEante
hinge
bedoise
and
ierse.Ti i me aEsmi
n n man
wholeworld
revolvesaround
yell
metaphysicalconciet
centatergt antelphor
Timeisnotdirectlyreferencedinthepoem
thesunhasconnotationswithtime
metaphorsmicrocosms apostrophe
theloversbelievetheyareindependentto support eachother erg
meting.gg Eeemihic
