Sad I Ams

1. In stanza 2, what category of things that is mentioned by the persona?

Stationery
2. What does the phrase the piece of good advice which no one seems to read mean?
Advice that is useful but tends to be ignored by people.
3. Why did the persona compare himself to the battery in which no charge is left?
He felt expendable and not needed after being used.
4. List down two moral values that you have learned from the poem.
Moral value 1: Be optimistic in your life
Moral value 2: Never look down on ourselves
5. What does the persona mean with being a library book that no one ever reads?
He means to say that he feels like something that is unimportant and ignored.
6. State the literary device used for the phrase the gum is gone.
Alliteration.
7. How would people feel if they could not find the end of Sellotape?
8. What should we do to the things that we do not want anymore? Give a reason.
Action: Recycle/ Give to the one in need.
Reason: it is better to recycle/give it to the ones in need as not everything is valueless and useless.
9. In stanza 1, what are the things that can be recycled?
The ring and the empty Cola can.
10. Why do you think the liquid paper is dried up?
The liquid paper is dried up because the cap was not put back in place after being used.