a slide on form 3 poem - The Fighter's Lines (Introduction)

1. By Marzuki Ali
THE
FIGHTER’S
LINES

2. • This poem expresses the feelings of
the persona who is a former soldier.
• He has sacrificed his youth and his strength
in the fight for his country’s independence.
• He is now old and weak, wheelchair bound
and helpless.
SYNOPSIS

3. • His country is facing many challenges
and threats.
• The persona urges the younger generation
to continue the struggle for freedom.
• He hopes the young people will unite and
be the new ‘voice’ to fight for the country.
SYNOPSIS

4. • worn: tired; weary
• sufferings: feeling of pain and unhappiness
• forced sacrifices: have no choice but
to give up something
important and valuable
for the country
WORD
POWER STANZA
1

5. • crushed: broken
• challenge: difficult task
• remnants: remains
• crippled: disabled
• deceit: dishonest behaviour that is intended to
trick someone
WORD
POWER STANZA
2

6. • rank: lines; row
• ancestor:
• erect: build
• heirs: people who continue the work
started by others
WORD
POWER
STANZA
3

7. • The persona declares that he is old, tired
and has no more strength left in him.
• He then reflects that sacrifices made when
fighting for independence are countless
PARAPHRASE
STANZA
1

8. • During that time, they fought with all
of their will and as the consequences now
he is wheelchair bound
• After years of independence, the persona is
upset as he sees that the people are trying
to destroy themselves by engulfing into
the world full of lies.
PARAPHRASE
STANZA
2

9. • He says that there is nothing much he can do
as he cannot control people’s mind as how he
once did holding guns to destroy invaders
PARAPHRASE
STANZA
2

10. • Due to the spreading of lies, he now urges
new generation to speak out their opinions
and fight for their freedom.
• He tells us in order to fight for our freedom,
first we have to be united, ‘erect a wall of people’
regardless of our races or religions
and fight for the sake of our nation’s harmony
PARAPHRASE
STANZA
3 and 4

11. • Due to the spreading of lies, he now urges
new generation to speak out their opinions
and fight for their freedom.
• He tells us in order to fight for our freedom,
first we have to be united, ‘erect a wall of people’
regardless of our races or religions
and fight for the sake of our nation’s harmony
PARAPHRASE
STANZA
3 and 4

12. • As most of countries nowadays are aiming
to reach the highest level of developments, our
country, Malaysia also do not want to miss it out.
• But, without we realize, we slowly losing our
morality and our country slowly engulfing in a
sea of lies.
WHY the poet write
this poem?

13. • He stresses here that if we,
as the younger generation cannot find
the way to prohibit the dishonesties and lies,
we are putting our country fate in a danger
as this dishonesties can shake the stability
of our country and the peace it possesses.
WHY the poet write
this poem?

14. • That is why in the Stanza 4,
he urges the younger generation to be united
disregard of the races and religions
to speak out their opinions.
• This is important as these lies able
to distract the peace and harmony of
our country and finally lead to fight.
WHY the poet write
this poem?

15. • is written in the twentieth century
1. the present: as the persona sits in a
TWO wheelchair reminiscing about
TIME past struggle
FRAME
2. the past: when the persona was a
a young and strong soldier
SETTING

16. SETTING

17. • The point of view is based on the persona.
• The persona is the speaker in a poem.
• The poem is written in the first person of
view. (pronoun ‘I’).
• He is portrayed as a former soldier or
freedom fighter
POINT OF VIEW

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