In The Midst Of Harship: Exercise

1. When did the people in the poem return home?
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2. What kind of a setting do you see in the poem, ‘ In the Midst of Hardship’
    by Latiff Mohidin?
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3. Describe the conditions of the people in this poem.
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4. Despite the conditions of the people in the above poem, did they give up?
    Which line tells you this?
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5. What do you understand by ‘ but on their brows, there was not a sign of despair’?
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6. What natural disaster had occurred to the place?
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7. Name the animal that had gone missing in this poem.
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8. Do you think the people in the poem are rich? Justify your answer with evidence
    from the poem?
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9. Why do you think the people are desperately looking for the lost animal?
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10. What is alliteration? Give an example of alliteration from the poem.
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11. Do you think the people here are hopeful and optimistic? Justify your answer.
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12. What can you learn from this poem?
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13. Do you think the poet has chosen a good title for this poem? Give a reason for
      your answer.
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14. Do you like the poem? Give a reason for your answer.
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