Nature by H.

D Carberry

SYNONYMS AND EXPLANATIONS

1. Instead: as an alternative/substitute/replacement
2. Lush: green, abundant, fertile, blossoming
3. Magnificently: wonderfully, superbly, well
4. Beat: hit, strike, bang, hammer, pound, punch
5. Swish: to move quickly into the air
6. Gully: channel, ditch, culvert
7. Struggle: move violently, great fight, fight back
8. Fade: die away, darken, become paler
9. Reap: harvest
10. Ripe: mature, ready, full-grown, ripen
11. Cane: sugarcane
12. Lie: stretch out
13. Bear: naked, nude, exposed, uncovered
14. High: soaring
15. Bush: shrub, plant
16. Sway: bend, wave, swing
17. Scent: smell, odor, aroma, fragrance
18. Slightest: smallest amount, least
19. Buttercups: A type of flower in Jamaica that is yellow in colour
20. Pave: cover, floor, tile
21. wood: timber, forest,
22: logwood: a tree which has been cut into pieces which are meant to make fire. Also called
firewood. Logwood can be in many sizes. Some are left in the forest.
23. blossom: flourish, grow healthily
We have neither Summer nor Winter neither Autumn nor Spring
(We do not have Summer, We do not have Winter, We do not have Autumn We do not have Spring)

We have instead the days, when the gold sun shines on the lush green canfields, magnificently.
(Even though we do not have the four seasons, we still have our bright shiny days and the fertile
land whish is planted with sugarcane and the best part is we have a lot of sugarcane.)

The days when the rain beats like bullets on the roofs and there is no sound but the swish of water
in the gullies, and the trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds.
Even though we do not have the four seasons, we are blessed with rainy days. The rain is so heavy
that you could not hear anything else except for the heavy raindrops that fall heavily and rapidly on
the roof. Furthermore, we also have strong winds.)

Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees, and the reaped canedfieldds lie
bare and fallow to the sun.
(However, they also experience hard life during the dry season as the leaves are falling (the land
becomes infertile) and there is time when the plantation cannot be done after the harvesting
season. They have to leave the land for a while as they want the land to be fertile again after
harvesting the sugarcane.

Moral Values:
1. We should appreciate what we have in our country. (Examples: peace, free from natural
disasters, green forest, beautiful beaches, a lot of food, fertile lands, religious freedom, tolerance
between races and etc.)

2. We should not long for what we do not have. (Examples: We many not have all the four seasons
but it does not mean that our country is ugly and infertile. We still have a lot of virgin rainforest, and
the most important thing is we have so many fruits that are not available in countries which
experience the four seasons. We must understand that we cannot have everything in this world as
this world is not perfect. Another example is we must accept the fact that no matter how hard we
try to be someone else, we will never succeed doing it but we cant abolish the true facts about
ourselves. )

3. We should be aware that different people have different skills or beauty. (Explanation and
examples: Beauty is too subjective. We cannot measure ones beauty based on physical appearance
alone. Each of us has our own specialties. The main concern here is everyone is beautiful, talented
and special as long as we learn to accept the fact that each of us has strengths and weaknesses.


4. We should appreciate our homeland.

5. We should appreciate the beauty of nature.

TONE,MOOD, ATMOSPHERE
-Appreciative and happy
-Carefree and light-hearted
-Sense of beauty

POINT OF VIEW
Third person point of view

LANGUAGE AND STYLE
Simple and easy to understand the language
Clear and descriptive
Simple style with no rhyming scheme

POETIC DEVICES
Imagery e.g. gold sun, lush green fields, trees struggling
Alliteration e.g. sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air
Symbols e.g. gold sun symbol of summer, rains symbol of winter
Contrast e.g. beauty or summer is compared with rains or winter
Figurative Language Simile rain beats like bullets
Metaphor e.g. the buttercups paved the earth with yellow stars
Personafication buttercups have paved the earth buttercups have been personified as having
laid tiles