Lesson 3: Analyzing & Composing poem

The Son is in Secondary School by Affran Sa’at
My badge has a Latin motto
Hope for the future
The future is hope
Or something

At times black crows try to interrupt
When we sing the National Anthem

It is difficult to maintain
The whiteness of my shoes
Especially on Wednesdays

I must admit there is something quite special
About the bare thighs of hardworking scouts
The Malay chauffeurs
Who wait for my schoolmates
Sit on the car park kerb
Telling jokes to one another
Seven to the power of five is unreasonable

On Chinese New Year
Mrs Lee dressed up
In a sarong kebaya
And sang Bengawan Solo

The capital of Singapore is Singapore

My best friend did a heroic thing once
Shaded all A’sFor his Chinese Language
Multiple-choice paper

In our annual yearbook
There is a photograph of me
Pushing a wheelchair and smiling
They caught me
At the exact moment

When my eyes were actually closed

I like this poem . The author talks about how he never understood his Primary School motto even though he was there for 6 years .He also uses a lot of symbolism in this poe . For instance,"At times black crows try to interrupt When we sing the National Anthem"This can refer to as they are working for their country , the black crows , which may represent tempation trys to stop them .

I think the author feels rather sad that he has left primary school as the whole time in primary school , his "eyes were closed".

In my case , i really did enjoy primary school . It was very fun.
heres a poem i wrote on my primary school days:

Not Today or Tomorrow or Any Other Day by Alvin :D

The empty hallways
Echoing our laughter.

The empty classrooms
no longer packed with familliar faces .

The still noisy canteen
not friendly anymore .

I go today to see them
But they are not there.

Not Today
Tomorrow or
Any other day .

But
forever in my heart .