2. Are you still playing your
flute?
When there is hardly time for our love
I am feeling guilty
To be longing for your song
The melody concealed in the slim hollow of the
bamboo
Uncovered by the breath of an artist
Composed by his fingers
Blown by the wind
To the depth of my heart.
3. Are you still playing your
flute?
In the village so quiet and deserted
Amidst the sick rice fields
While here it has become a luxury
To spend time watching the rain
Gazing at the evening rays
Collecting dew drops
Or enjoying the fragrance of flowers.
4. Are you still playing your
flute?
The more it disturbs my conscience
to be thinking of you
in the hazard of you
my younger brothers unemployed and desperate
my people disunited by politics
my friend slaughtered mercilessly
this world is too old and bleeding.
5. Synopsis
Persona who reminisces the time he/she spends when
in a village.
There are many things that are now luxury to her
such as listening to the melody of the flute itself,
gazing at the evening rays, collecting dew drops, or
enjoying the fragrance of flowers.
The village is now unpopulated as many have moved
to the city.
Now that she has moved on with her life, she wonders
whether the flutist is still playing the flute.
This is because, there are many challenges in the world
today such as the world is dying, the unemployment issue
and the people are disunited because of different political
views.
7. This poem his about a
persona who
reminisces the time
he/she spends when in
a village. There are
many things that are
now luxury to her such
as listening to the
melody of the flute
itself, gazing at the
evening rays, collecting
dew drops, or enjoying
the fragrance of flowers.
The village is now
unpopulated as many
have moved to the city.
Now that she has
moved on with her
life, she wonders
whether the flutist is still
playing the flute. This is
because, there are
many challenges in the
world today such as the
world is dying, the
unemployment issue
and the people are
disunited because of
different political views.
Imagery – e.g. ‘blown by the wind’, ‘depth of my heart’
Alliteration – e.g. ‘fragrance of flowers’
Symbol – e.g. ‘flute’, ‘song’
Repetition – e.g. ‘Are you still playing your flute?’
Figurative Language – Metaphor e.g. ‘The melody concealed in the
slime hollow of bamboo – Personification e.g. ‘sick rice field’
•Rhetorical
question
•Descriptive
and
questioning
•Simple style
and no rhyme
THE CONCEPT MAP OF THE POEM
•Sombre and
regretful
•Serious
atmosphere
•We should be aware of our family commitments and carry them
out properly.
•Everyone has priorities in, life and we should know what is
important and what is not.
•Follow a hobby is good but there is a time for work and a time for
play.
•Appealing
•Regretful
•Family
commitment
•Priorities in
life
•Neglect of
one’s duties
•3rd point of view
•Addressing another person &
describing the situation to him
Are you
still playing
your flute?
POETIC DEVICES
PERSONA
THEMES
TONE
MORAL VALUES
MOOD, ATMO
SPHERE
OVERVIEW
LANGUAGE
AND STYLE
This poem his about a
persona who
reminisces the time
he/she spends when in
a village. There are
many things that are
now luxury to her such
as listening to the
melody of the flute
itself, gazing at the
evening rays, collecting
dew drops, or enjoying
the fragrance of flowers.
The village is now
unpopulated as many
have moved to the city.
Now that she has
moved on with her
life, she wonders
whether the flutist is still
playing the flute. This is
because, there are
many challenges in the
world today such as the
world is dying, the
unemployment issue
and the people are
disunited because of
different political views.
Imagery – e.g. ‘blown by the wind’, ‘depth of my heart’
Alliteration – e.g. ‘fragrance of flowers’
Symbol – e.g. ‘flute’, ‘song’
Repetition – e.g. ‘Are you still playing your flute?’
Figurative Language – Metaphor e.g. ‘The melody concealed in the
slime hollow of bamboo – Personification e.g. ‘sick rice field’
•Rhetorical
question
•Descriptive
and
questioning
•Simple style
and no rhyme
•Sombre and
regretful
•Serious
atmosphere
•We should be aware of our family commitments and carry them
out properly.
•Everyone has priorities in, life and we should know what is
important and what is not.
•Follow a hobby is good but there is a time for work and a time for
play.
•Appealing
•Regretful
•Family
commitment
•Priorities in
life
•Neglect of
one’s duties
•3rd point of view
•Addressing another person &
describing the situation to him
Are you
still playing
your flute?
POETIC DEVICES
PERSONA
THEMES
TONE
MORAL VALUES
MOOD, ATMO
SPHERE
OVERVIEW
LANGUAGE
AND STYLE
