. In ‘City Johannesburg’ the persona addresses the city directly, this is called ---
Apostrophe
Confrontation
Direct speech
Personification
Apostrophe
The poem ‘The Child is Not Dead’ treats the theme of racism
True
False
True
In the poem ‘City Johannesburg,’ the speaker says the following:
I can feel your roots, anchoring your might,
my feebleness
In my flesh, in my mind, in my blood,
And everything about you says it,
That, that is all you need of me.
Consider the last line of the quote, what is it that the city needs from the speaker?
His flesh, mind and blood.
His labour
His money
His roots
His flesh, mind and blood.
What is the main idea of the poem ‘The Zulu Girl’?
The exploitation and oppression of Black South Africans
The rebelliousness of Black South Africans
The helplessness of Black South Africans
The exclusion of Black South Africans from the city through passbooks
The exclusion of Black South Africans from the city through passbooks.
What is the central idea in the last stanza of ‘The Child is not dead?’
It shows how the child has haunted people and places.
It shows how the child was killed.
The rebelliousness of the child.
The ubiquitousness and universality of the child.
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The ubiquitousness and universality of the child.
The correct answer is personification.
When the speaker addresses the city of Johannesburg directly, giving qualities and attributes to an inanimate object or place, it is called personification. In this case, the persona is treating the city of Johannesburg as if it were a person, speaking to it as if it were capable of understanding and responding.