GROWING UP WITH POETRY BY DAVID RUBADIRI.

                                           RESPONSE    TO   READING

                                                        POETRY

           GROWING   UP   WITH   POETRY

EDITOR :   DAVID   RUBADIRI.

PUBLISHER :  HEINEMANN.

YEAR:  1981


{1}. BUILDING  THE   NATION (  Henry   Barlow )

 What   is   the   poem  about ?   
 It is   an   IRONY   towards   the  concept   of  building  the nation. The   poet   ironically    discusses  two   types   of    nation    builders. There   are   those  who    are   building   the   nation   in  terms   of    feeding   the  stomach    and    the    second   type  of     people   are   those    who   are     building   the  nation    when   their   stomachs  are  empty.


THEMES
{1}.  Classes  in   the    Society.
{2}. Misuse  Of   Resources.
{3}.  Consciousness  /  Awareness.


{2}. A    FREEDOM    SONG ( Marjorie  Olude    Macgoye )

what  is   the  poem   about ? 
The  poem   is   about   a  girl  called  ATIENO ,  who   is  humiliated  by  her   own   blood  uncle.  She  lives  in  a   bad  condition   and  she   is   not  sent  to  school  as   other  children  although  her  age  allows her  to   be  at   school. 

 who  is   speaking    in   the  poem ?  The  person   who   speaks  in  this   poem  is   Atieno"s  uncle.

THEMES
{1}.Humiliation.
{2}.Oppression.
{3}. Segregation