The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Poet of 'The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga'
Poet of 'The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga'
Ingrid Jonker
Sharpeville Massacre date & death toll
Sharpeville Massacre date & death toll
March 1960, 69 people killed
Pass laws definition
Pass laws definition
Laws requiring black South Africans to carry identity documents
Who read poem at 1st democratic parliament opening (24 May 1994)
Who read poem at 1st democratic parliament opening (24 May 1994)
Nelson Mandela
Poem's verse structure
Poem's verse structure
Free verse
Main refrain repeated in stanzas 1-3
Main refrain repeated in stanzas 1-3
The child is not dead
Final line/coda of poem
Final line/coda of poem
Without a pass
Central paradox of the poem
Central paradox of the poem
Child physically dead but symbolically alive
Child's transformation in poem
Child's transformation in poem
From innocent victim to giant symbol inspiring global resistance
Ultimate irony of 'Without a pass'
Ultimate irony of 'Without a pass'
Death grants freedom of movement apartheid denied in life