QUESTION 5

Read the poem below carefully. Then, answer the questions (a) (d)
Sad I
Am
I am the ring

the battery in which no charge is left

from an empty Cola can

the starter motor which remains inert

the scrapings

the tyre on which the tread is worn

from an unwashed porridge pan

the sparking plug which shows no

sign of spark

the severed arm

from last year's Action Man.

the carburettor chocked by bits of dirt

the chromium trim from which the
shine is gone.

I am
the envelope

I am

on which the gum is gone

a garden overgrown with weeds

the Sellotape where you can't find the

end

a library book that no one ever reads

the toothless stapler, springless

bulldog clip

a stray which no one thinks to feed

the piece of good advice which no one
seems to read.

the dried-up liquid paper

the mars instead of mends
the stamped addressed reply
that you forgot to send.

Trevor Millium

(a) In stanza 2, what category of things that is mentioned by the persona?

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(b) Why would a library book be left unread? Give one reason.
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(c) How would you feel if you could not find the end of the selotape?
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(d) List down two moral values that you have learned from the poem.
Moral value 1 : __________________________________________
Moral value 2 : __________________________________________
[2 marks]

[5 marks]