Nature: Practice

by H.D. Carberry

We have neither Summer nor Winter

Neither Autumn nor Spring.

We have instead the days

When the gold sun shines on the lush green canefields-

Magnificently.

The days when the rain beats like bullet on the roofs

And there is no sound but thee swish of water in the gullies

And trees struggling in the high Jamaica winds.

Also there are the days when leaves fade from off guango trees’

And the reaped canefields lie bare and fallow to the sun.

But best of all there are the days when the mango and the logwood blossom

When bushes are full of the sound of bees and the scent of honey,

When the tall grass sways and shivers to the slightest breath of air,

When the buttercups have paved the earth with yellow stars

And beauty comes suddenly and the rains have gone.

1. What type of climate has the four seasons?

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2. Write down two words from the poem that show extreme and opposite weather condition in 

    the four seasons?

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3. Why is the word 'gold' used to describe the sun?

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4. Write down two words from the poem which are related to the parts of a house.

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5. What are the two seasons found in Jamaica?

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6. Write down two words from the poem which are related to canefields ready to be harvested.

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7. What do you think the main export crop of Jamaica is?

    Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer.

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