Ithemba lami

Question 1

Umqondo osobala

Answer 1

Imbongi ikhuluma ngobuhlungu bokugulelwa yingane yayo, yaze yashona.

The poet speaks about the pain of a parent losing their child, who has passed away.

Question 2

Uhlobo
Type

Answer 2

yi-eleji ngoba umzali ukhala ngengane eyashona.

It is an elegy because the parent is mourning the loss of their child.

Question 3

Umoya
spirit of the poem

Answer 3

owosizi ngoba imbongi ibuhlungu enhliziyweni.

It is painful because the poet is hurting in their heart.

Question 4

Indikimba
theme

Answer 4

eyokufa
(death)

Question 5

Umyalezo
Message

Answer 5

bazise abantu obathandayo ngoba impilo yimfushane

Let your loved ones know you care for them because life is short.

Question 6

eyokulalela ngisalizwa lelo phimbo
Eyokubona
ngisawabona lawo mehlwana

Answer 6

Izinzwa
sensory

Question 7

ngingazi izinhlungu zihlasele ngaphi
I do not know where the pain attacks me.

Answer 7

Isenza samuntu

Question 8

ngibone ngemvula yezinyembezi
I see through the rain of tears.

Answer 8

Ihaba
exaggeration

Question 9

enhliziyweni nginenkamba beyibuza
In my heart, I have a wound that keeps asking.

Answer 9

Exaggeration (Ihaba)

Question 10

ngokuhlwithwa kabuhlungu othandiweyo

From the painful loss of a loved one…

Answer 10

Impindamqondo
Reversal of thought

Question 11

ashabala` okwamazolo ebona ilanga
Like the sun setting, it fades away.

Answer 11

Isifaniso
(Similie)