Hard to Find by Sinesipo Jojo (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Quizzes
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What was Sinesipo Jojo studying when she wrote this poem?
What was Sinesipo Jojo studying when she wrote this poem?
Psychology
What is the central theme of 'Hard to Find'?
What is the central theme of 'Hard to Find'?
Challenge of finding words to express feelings
Which literary device gives words human characteristics throughout the poem?
Which literary device gives words human characteristics throughout the poem?
Extended personification
What mood does the poem maintain throughout?
What mood does the poem maintain throughout?
Melancholic and sombre
What does the heart looking through a glass window symbolise?
What does the heart looking through a glass window symbolise?
Barrier between inner feelings & expression
What does 'cloudy lifetime' symbolise in the poem?
What does 'cloudy lifetime' symbolise in the poem?
A dark or difficult period in life
What does words playing a 'twisted game' suggest?
What does words playing a 'twisted game' suggest?
Communication can be unreliable
What does 'fly out like nobody's business' show about words?
What does 'fly out like nobody's business' show about words?
How quickly words escape when emotional
Despite the melancholic tone, what element does the poem introduce?
Despite the melancholic tone, what element does the poem introduce?
Hope that words will be found one day
What paradox does 'Words are everywhere' establish?
What paradox does 'Words are everywhere' establish?
Words abundant but elusive when needed