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Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

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Warm-up Questions

When you hear the word “poetry,” what do you expect: easy language or difficult language?
What do you think “English Home Language Paper 2” might test?
From the title, what do you think “An Abandoned Bundle” could be about?

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Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

Introduction: How to make poetry easier + figures of speech (00:00 – 01:18)

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1. What does the speaker plan to do right after reading the poem once?

Answer the questions
Give homework first
Start the second poem immediately
Translate the poem into everyday English

2. What does the speaker say is the one key part of literature that helps you understand poetry?

Practicing spelling rules
Memorizing the poet’s biography
Figures of speech
Learning Shakespearean history

3. Which of these is NOT mentioned as an example of a figure of speech?

Alliteration
Metaphors
Personification
Similes

Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

Poem reading: key images and events in the poem (01:18 – 02:05)

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1. What is described as floating above the city in the first lines?

Birds and clouds
Snow and rain
Morning mist and chimney smoke
Steam from the sea

2. What are the dogs fighting over?

A stolen blanket
A squirming bundle
A piece of meat from a shop
A bag of bread

3. What does the poem reveal the bundle really is?

A mutilated corpse—an infant
A wounded dog
A broken doll
A pile of clothes

Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

Answering questions: meaning, pronouns, comparison, and central idea (02:05 – 07:37)

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1. How does the speaker explain the image “like fish caught in a net” in relation to the people in White City?

They are wealthy and protected
They are travelling to new places
They are excited and full of freedom
They feel trapped and unable to escape their circumstances

2. What effect does the speaker say the poet creates by calling the infant “it”?

It gives the infant a clear identity and background
It makes the infant seem less human and not individualized
It shows the infant is a famous person
It makes the infant seem personal and loved

3. According to the speaker, what does “baby in the manger” refer to?

A baby animal
A fairy-tale character
Jesus
The poet’s own childhood

Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

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1. What overall approach does the speaker recommend for doing well in poetry questions?

Focus mainly on memorizing long quotes
Only study modern poems, not older poetry
Understand and identify figures of speech
Ignore comparisons and imagery

2. What is one main purpose of the speaker’s explanations after reading the poem?

To show how to answer exam questions with relevant points
To prove the poem is not serious
To teach grammar rules for writing essays
To argue that poetry should not be studied

3. What central social context does the speaker connect to the poem’s situation?

A royal celebration
Apartheid and poverty in the community
A sports rivalry
A natural disaster

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Giant-Figure Academy | AN ABANDONED BUNDLE | POETRY | ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE PAPER 2 Part1 1

Do you agree that understanding figures of speech is the most important key to understanding poetry? Why or why not?
What effect do violent images (like dogs fighting and a “mutilated corpse”) have on the reader? What might the poet want you to feel?
Is it fair to describe the mother as “innocent” because of her circumstances? Explain your view.
What responsibility do societies and governments have when poverty and unsafe conditions affect children?