Source: School Journal, Part 4, No. 1, 1996, Learning Media.
Text © Peter Watson, 1996. Illustration by Murray Grimsdale, © Crown.
Orongorongo tramp
This task is about interpreting the use of metaphor.
Read the poem 'Orongorongo tramp' then answer the following questions.
a) "Our backs scream for a rest
but the hills give us nothing."
What could the hills give the trampers?
The hills could give them a place to rest.
b) Why could packs be seen as the enemy?
Because they are the ones that are slowing them down and they are so heavy.
c) In what two ways could the roots be a minefield?
- One can be that you can get lost in a minefield and same as in the bush.
- Another is that minefields are dangerous and sometimes the roots can be dangerous.
d) What is the HQ?
The HQ is the home or the finish and where they rest.
e) This poem uses an extended metaphor of tramping as war. Identify three words other than "war", "enemy" and "minefield"that develop this metaphor throughout the poem.
- Army
- HQ
- defence
f) What line has the same structure as "our packs the enemy"?
The trees have claimed another victim.
- What is the best word to add to "our packs the enemy" to make this into a complete sentence?
(A) is
(B) on
(C) are
(D) for
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