charles eglington 1918 - 1971 made by ronel myburgh

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CHEETAHCHARLES EGLINGTON

1918 - 1971

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1 Indolent and kitten-eyed,2 This is the bushveld's innocent3 The stealthy leopard parodied4 With grinning, gangling pup-content.

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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;

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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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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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