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Which lines in stanza 1 tell you that the flautist plays the flute beautifully?
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In your own words, explain the meaning of the last stanza.
The persona is feeling anxious because there are political and economical problems in her city and she feels the world
is changing for the worst.
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From stanza 1, what does the persona want to hear?
The flautists song / flute music. / The flautist playing his flute.
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In stanza 2, what does the word here refer to?
The city / town / personas place
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In stanza 3, why does the persona feel guilty for thinking about her beloved?
She feels guilty because at present people around her are suffering.
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Suggest two things you would do to stop the world from bleeding.
Spread the message of peace, tolerance and living in harmony
Learn to appreciate what life has offered and be happy with it.
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How is the rice field?
Sick / unhealthy / infertile / neglected
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Why do you the personas conscience is disturbed? Give reasons for your answer.
Thinking of the flautist while feeling worried about the troubled with the situation around her.
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A flute
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Why does the persona ask if the flute player is still playing his flute?
She does not know if he is still in the village enjoying his favourite pastime.
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Write down the line which shows that the persona thinks highly of his music.
Have you been involved in a similar passion over any interest or hobby? Provide explanation.
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Why does the poet feel guilty?
To be longing for the flautists song
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What musical instrument does the poets love play?
Flute
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How is the situation in the village?
Quite bad as it is empty because the villagers have left the village for better jobs and conditions.
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Why do think the poet is surprised that the flautist is still playing his flute? Give reasons for your answer.
She thinks that he is undisturbed with the turmoil in the nation and the world.
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The villagers have left the village for better jobs and conditions.
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Which phrase in stanza 1 implies how much the music affected the poet?
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What does the poet mean by using the words concealed and uncoveredto describe the music?
It means that the melody is in the bamboo and will only be heard when the flautist plays the flute.
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It is about upholding values, accepting changes in life and appreciating simple pleasures of life.
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Describe ONE emotion the poet is feeling in the first stanza.
Guilty / nostalgic
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The flute
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What does the phrase, slim hollow of the bamboo refer to?
Describe a significant memory that you have. Explain briefly why it is significant to you.
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In the city
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Based on stanza 2, what is the contrast between the personas place and the flautists?
The flautists place is empty and deserted whereas the personas place is undergoing a turmoil [ political and
economical crisis].
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Based on stanza 2, in the first line, what do you think the persona is feeling?
A sense of doubt / unsure / puzzled
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Based on stanza 1, which line reveals the intensity of the personas feelings?
To be longing for your song
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Based on stanza1, how does the persona feel about the flautist?
In your opinion, does the persona feel depressed about this world? Give your reasons.
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Based on stanza 2, how would you describe the person who seems to be very interested in his flute?
Idle / unaffected by the crisis / carefree / in his own world
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What is the main theme in the stanza above?
Upholding values, appreciating simple pleasures of life, accepting changes in life
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Write two words that are related to the condition of the village.
Quiet and deserted
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Where do you think the persona is? Using your own words, give a reason to support your answer.
In the city because .
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Who is playing the flute?
The flautist in the village / The personas love
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Why does the persona feel guilty?
To be longing for the flautists song
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Where does the melody originate from?
The bamboo / The slim hollow of the bamboo
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Which two lines best describe how a flute is played?
Uncovered by the breath of an artist & composed by his fingers
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Which word would you use to describe the personas village? Name one.
Quiet / deserted
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What does the persona mean by the sick rice field?
The paddy fields are neglected so they are barren and unproductive.
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Sunset
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Why is the person still thinking of her beloved?
She has feelings for him. / She still loves him.
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Write two problems faced by the persona as mentioned in the stanza above.
Her brothers are unemployed and desperate / Her people are disunited by politics / Her friend is
slaughtered mercilessly
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What is the tone used? Give a reason for your answer.
Sad / Hopelessness / Despair / Anxious
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Where do you think the persona is likely to be?
In the city / town
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Where is the flautist playing his flute?
In the village
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Tradition
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Why is the phrase, Are you still playing your flute?, repeated three times in the poem? Using your own words,
give reasons to support your answer.
To reinforce the emotion (wondering/puzzled) behind the question and create a dramatic effect
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In stanza 1, what poetic device does the first line above refer to?
Rhetorical question
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In stanza 1, what does line 2 tell us about the relationship between the persona and the flautist?
They loved each other when they were together.
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What is the persona guilty about?
To be longing for the flautists song.
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The poet used certain words to indicate where the melody is:
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What are these words?
Concealed in the slim hollow of the bamboo
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Do you think they are suitable? Why?
Yes, because the flute is played by blowing into hollow of the bamboo and melody is created by the fingers.
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In stanza 1, why does the persona feel guilty listening to music of the flautist?
She is very busy and also her nation is undergoing a crisis.
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Why is enjoying the fragrance of flowers regarded as a luxury by the persona in stanza 2?
In the city, one can be very busy in the rat race that they have no time to even appreciate the flowers growing around
them.
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Give one problem the nation is undergoing.
Political crisis / Economical crisis / Disharmony
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Explain in your own words why the persona feels her world is too old and bleeding.
The world is changing for the worst and non-renewable resources cannot be replenished.
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Tradition
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What do you think the phrase, the world is too old and bleedingrepresents?
The world is changing for the worst and non-renewable resources cannot be replenished.
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Suggest a reason why the persona cannot forget the music from the flute?
The music must have been beautiful and special that it has embedded in her heart.
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Yes,
No, .
Do you think the persona has made the right decision in leaving the village? Give a reason.
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What is it like in the village?
Quiet and empty
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What does the word sick imply about the rice field?
Barren / Unproductive / Infertile / Neglected
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What are the luxuries mentioned by the poet? State two of them.
Spend time watching the rain / gazing at the evening rays
Collecting dew drops/ Enjoying the fragrance of flowers
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Yes,
No, ..
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In the last stanza, what is the personas feeling when she remembers the flautist?
Guilty / Remorseful /
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Why is there disunity among the citizens of the country?
They lack tolerance and understanding.
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What happened to the personas friend?
Killed cruelly
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What do you think the last line of the stanza mean?
The world is changing for the word