1. Literal Meaning Figurative Meaning
Lines 1-2 = Jamaica does not • It may seem that we do not
have the four seasons have the same things in life
Lines 3-5 = It has instead days •But we do have good times
when the weather is very hot when everything is bright and
and the sun shines brightly on cheerful
the rich green fields of
sugarcane
Lines 6-8 = There are days when •There may be days when life
the rain comes down, beats the becomes tough and seems
roofs, trees struggle against the difficult to deal with
strong winds

2. Literal Meaning Figurative Meaning
Lines 9-10 = At other • There will be the times when
time, trees shed their leaves certain things are beyond our
and the fields which have been control and we have no choice
harvested are left bare but to let them be
Lines 11-15 = The best days are • But we will also get the
when Earth is alive again. chances to experience the best
Trees, like the mango and time of our life. Then we realise
logwood, bloom and the that everyone is actually
bushes are full of bees. Nature getting the same thing in
bursts with beauty after the life, only in different ways
rainy days have passed