Analysis of ‘A Young Man’s Thoughts before June the 16th’ – Fhazel Johennesse The historical background to the poem is June 16th 1976. This date marks the Soweto Uprising which was initiated in Soweto by black high school students. The students were protesting against being taught in Afrikaans in their local schools. The demonstration was meant to be peaceful and was secretly planned to avoid discovery by the police. On the morning of June the 16th‚ thousands of youths gathered with the plan to
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Fhazel Johennesse A Young Man’s Thoughts Before June the 16th Page 231 1 tomorrow i travel on a road 2 that winds to the top of the hill 3 i take with me only the sweet 4 memories of my youth 5 my heart aches for my mother 6 for friday nights with friends 7 around a table with a broad belch of beer 8 i ask only for a sad song 9 sung by a women with downturned eyes 10 and strummed by an old man with 11 a broken brow 12 o sing my sad song sing for me 13 for my sunset is drenched
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FICTION‚ POETRY AND DRAMA - EED102G TABLE OF CONTENTS Poem Page 3 Vocabulary and My Notes Page 4 Essay Page 5 Plagiarism Declaration Form Page 7 Bibliography Page 8 A Young Man’s Thoughts before June the 16th By: Fhazel Johennesse tomorrow i travel on a road that winds to the top of the hill i take with me only the sweet memories of my youth my heart aches for my mother for friday nights with friends around a table with the broad belch of beer i ask only for a sad song
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This poem is about High School children that began a march for a better education system on 16 June 1976. They had banners that showed their hatred at being forced to undertake 50% of their schooling through the medium of Afrikaans. They wanted the chance to freedom of spirit and speech. Police intervened trying to spread out the youth by means of teargas and live bullets. This resulted in a lot of lives being lost and South Africa made June 16th a public holiday‚ Youth Day. The poet places
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A young man’s thoughts before June the 16th in English‚ Poetry by charles lin SEPTEMBER 28‚ 2012 A young man’s thoughts before June 16th Fhazel Johennesse tomorrow i travel on a road that winds to the top of the hill i take with me only the sweet memories of my youth my heart aches for my mother for friday nights with friends around a table with the broad belch of beer i ask only for a sad song sung by a woman with downturned eyes and strummed by an old man with
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NATIONAL SENIOR CERTIFICATE GRADE 12 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE P2 NOVEMBER 2013 MARKS: 80 TIME: 2½ hours This question paper consists of 23 pages. Copyright reserved Please turn over English Home Language/P2 2 NSC DBE/November 2013 INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. Read this page carefully before you begin to answer the questions. 2. Do not attempt to read the entire question paper. Consult the table of contents on page 4 and mark the numbers of the questions
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