This Winter Coming by Karen Press (Grade 12 NSC Matric English HL): Flashcards
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Year Karen Press wrote 'This Winter Coming'
Year Karen Press wrote 'This Winter Coming'
1986
What winter symbolises in the poem
What winter symbolises in the poem
Violence, political change, and social upheaval
Repeated question forming the refrain
Repeated question forming the refrain
Who is not frightened?
Number of stanzas in the poem
Number of stanzas in the poem
Five stanzas of varying lengths
What the sky is compared to in stanza 2
What the sky is compared to in stanza 2
A shroud (covering for dead bodies)
What 'madam's house' represents
What 'madam's house' represents
Apartheid-era domestic work system and inequality
Metaphor for sad women in stanza 3
Metaphor for sad women in stanza 3
A tide of sadness that will drown the world
What unemployed men are compared to (stanza 4)
What unemployed men are compared to (stanza 4)
Old stumps and tombstones with open eyes
'Raging fire of dead children' likely refers to
'Raging fire of dead children' likely refers to
Children who died in township uprisings (e.g. Soweto)
Overall tone of the poem
Overall tone of the poem
Repressed anger, fear, defiance, and foreboding