1. CHEETAH
CHARLES EGLINGTON
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3. Indolent and kitten-eyed, This is the bushveld's innocent
The stealthy leopard parodied
With grinning, gangling pup-content.
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4. Around the vast arena where; In scattered herds, his grazing prey
Do not suspect in what wild fear
They'll join with him in fatal play;
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5. Slouching through the tawny grass
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6. Or loose-limbed lolling in the shade Purring for the sun to pass
And build a twilight barricade
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7. Till hunger draws slack sinews tight And vibrant as a hunter's bow;
Then, like a fleck of mottled light,
He slides across the still plateau.
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8. A tremor rakes the herds: they scent
The pungent breeze of his advance;
Heads rear and jerk in vigilant
Compliance with the game of chance
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9. In which, of thousands, only one Is centred in the cheetah's eye;
They wheel and then stampede, for none
Knows which it is that has to die.
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10. His stealth and swiftness fling a noose
And as his loping strides begin
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11. To blur with speed, he ropes the loose Buck on the red horizon in.
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13. ANALYSIS OF POEM
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14. Irony Lazy, lethargic Indolent and kitten-eyed,
This is the bushveld's innocent
The stealthy leopard parodied
With grinning, gangling pup-content.
IRONY
Note the images of innocence – the animal almost seems tame.
THESE IMAGES CONTRAST STRONGLY WITH THE IMAGES OF LINE 14.
Caricature
Satire
Imitated in fun
Surreptitious, quiet, sneaky, crafty
Lanky,Tall, longer body
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15. Alliteration emphasizes his Identify the sound device
Lounging
Sprawled out
Slouching through the tawny grass
Or loose-limbed lolling in the shade,
Purring for the sun to pass
And build a twilight barricade l l l l
Alliteration emphasizes his
languid lifestyle
Identify the sound device
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16. Stadium Showground sports ground Deadly or Lethal game
Around the vast arena where;
In scattered herds, his grazing prey
Do not suspect in what wild fear
They'll join with him in fatal play;
A SERIES OF GAMING IMAGES WILL FOLLOW
Deadly or
Lethal game
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17. simile Alliteration agility and speed Lively, energetic Spotted spotty
Till hunger draws slack sinews tight
And vibrant as a hunter's bow;
Then, like a fleck of mottled light,
He slides across the still plateau.
Alliteration
agility and speed
flat terrain
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18. Gathers, collects, draws in
A tremor rakes the herds: they scent
The pungent breeze of his advance;
Heads rear and jerk in vigilant
Compliance with the game of chance
Strong, overpowering
Watchful,
on your guard
alert, cautious
raise
Observance
Submission
Obedience
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19. NOTE THE GAMING IMAGERY – CONTINUED FROM LINE 20
NOT ONE
In which, of thousands, only one
Is centred in the cheetah's eye;
They wheel and then stampede, for none
Knows which it is that has to die.
NOTE THE GAMING IMAGERY – CONTINUED FROM LINE 20
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20. Contrasts with the description in stanza 1 & 2
Surreptitious, quiet, sneaky, crafty, quick
Rein
strap
His stealth and swiftness fling a noose
And as his loping strides begin
swiftness
loping strides
Sprint
Dart
Dash
Contrasts with the description in stanza 1 & 2
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21. The cheetah is compared to a cowboy who ropes his cattle in
To blur with speed, he ropes the loose
Buck on the red horizon in.
Metaphor
The cheetah is compared to a cowboy who ropes his cattle in
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