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MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
CHEETAHCHARLES EGLINGTON
1918 - 1971
MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
1 Indolent and kitten-eyed,2 This is the bushveld's innocent3 The stealthy leopard parodied4 With grinning, gangling pup-content.
MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
9. Around the vast arena where;
10.In scattered herds, his grazing prey
11.Do not suspect in what wild fear
12.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
7. Purring for the sun to pass8. And build a twilight
barricade
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13.Till hunger draws slack sinews tight
14.And vibrant as a hunter's bow;
15.Then, like a fleck of mottled light,
16.He slides across the still plateau.
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17.A tremor rakes the herds: they scent
18.The pungent breeze of his advance;
19.Heads rear and jerk in vigilant
20.Compliance with the game of chance
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21.In which, of thousands, only one
22.Is centred in the cheetah's eye;23.They wheel and then stampede,
for none24.Knows which it is that has to
die.
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25.His stealth and swiftness fling a noose
26.And as his loping strides begin
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27.To blur with speed, he ropes the loose
28.Buck on the red horizon in.
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MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
ANALYSIS OF POEM
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1 Indolent and kitten-eyed,2 This is the bushveld's innocent
3 The stealthy leopard parodied4 With grinning, gangling pup-content.
Surreptitious, quiet, sneaky, crafty
Lazy, lethargic
CaricatureSatireImitated in fun
Lanky,Tall, longer body
IRONY IRONYNote the images of innocence – the animal almost seems tame. THESE IMAGES CONTRAST STRONGLY WITH THE IMAGES OF LINE 14.
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5. Slouching through the tawny grass
6. Or loose-limbed lolling in the shade,
7. Purring for the sun to pass8. And build a twilight
barricade
LoungingSprawled out
Alliteration emphasizes his languid lifestyle
l l l lIdentify
the sound device
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9. Around the vast arena where;
10.In scattered herds, his grazing prey
11.Do not suspect in what wild fear
12.They'll join with him in fatal play;
StadiumShowgroun
dsports ground
Deadly or
Lethal game
A SERIES OF GAMING IMAGES WILL FOLLOW
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13.Till hunger draws slack sinews tight
14.And vibrant as a hunter's bow;
15.Then, like a fleck of mottled light,
16.He slides across the still plateau.
flat terrain
SIMILE
Alliterationagility and speed
Spottedspotty
Lively, energetic
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17.A tremor rakes the herds: they scent
18.The pungent breeze of his advance;
19.Heads rear and jerk in vigilant
20.Compliance with the game of chance
Gathers, collects, draws in
Strong, overpowering
raise
Watchful,on your guardalert, cautious
ObservanceSubmissionObedience
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21.In which, of thousands, only one
22.Is centred in the cheetah's eye;23.They wheel and then stampede,
for none24.Knows which it is that has to
die.
NOTE THE GAMING IMAGERY – CONTINUED
FROM LINE 20
NOT ONE
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25.His stealth and swiftness fling a noose
26.And as his loping strides begin
Reinstrap
SprintDartDash
Surreptitious, quiet, sneaky, crafty, quick
Contrasts with the description in stanza 1 & 2
swiftnessloping strides
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Metaphor
27.To blur with speed, he ropes the loose
28.Buck on the red horizon in.
The cheetah is compared to a cowboy who ropes his cattle in
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MADE BY RONEL MYBURGH
