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C. Follow-up Activities
1.
Reviewing a short clip on the poem
Watch the following clip, which is a visual representation of the poem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEIL9rJ9Ds8
Write a short commentary on the clip. You may like to talk about:
Whether the clip captures the emotions, tone and mood of the poem
Whether the clip changes your understanding of the poem
The cinematic techniques used (e.g. music, use of black and white or full colour
shots) to convey the ideas and create the mood
Whether you agree with the film-makers’ interpretation of the poem and treatment
of the themes
2.
Writing a short poem
Ask your father or one of your grandparents to show you a few pictures of his/her
younger days. Write a poem with several stanzas based on your imaginations or thoughts
evoked by these pictures. You may talk about the dreams or ambitions you think s/he
might have had or the life s/he might have lived before s/he got married and had
children.