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This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals Not my business Structure of the poem Subject: English Age group: 12 - 14 Topic: Poems from other cultures EAL Nexus resource Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2014 Source | This resource was originally developed by Zdravka Davies and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
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2 nd stanza 8. They came one night 9. Booted the whole house awake 10. And dragged Danladi out, 11. Then off to a lengthy absence. 12. What business of mine is it 13. So long they don’t take the yam 14. From my savouring mouth?
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This project and its actions were made possible due to co-financing by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals
Not my businessStructure of the poem Subject: EnglishAge group: 12 - 14Topic: Poems from other cultures
EAL Nexus resource
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2014Source | This resource was originally developed by Zdravka Davies and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Not my business: 1st stanza
1.They picked Akanni up one morning2. Beat him soft like clay3. And stuffed him down the belly4. Of a waiting jeep.5. What business of mine is it6. So long they don’t take the yam7. From my savouring mouth?
2nd stanza
8. They came one night9. Booted the whole house awake10. And dragged Danladi out,11. Then off to a lengthy absence.12. What business of mine is it13. So long they don’t take the yam14. From my savouring mouth?
15. Chinwe went to work one day16. Only to find her job was gone:17. No query, no warning, no probe -18. Just one neat sack for a stainless record.19. What business of mine is it20. So long they don’t take the yam21. From my savouring mouth?
3rd stanza
21. And then one evening22. As I sat down to eat my yam23. A knock on the door froze my hungry hand.24. The jeep was waiting on my bewildered lawn25. Waiting, waiting in its usual silence.
4th stanza
The structure of the poem
Describe the structure of the poem How many stanzas are there? Does each stanza look similar? Describe how the writer organises
each stanza into two parts
What happens?
Lines What is happening?1 - 7 The narrator remembers a
man called Akanni being beaten up and thrown into a jeep. The narrator ignores what happens.
8 – 1415 – 2122 - 26
There are four stanzas in the poem. Do you know what is happening in each one?
What happens?
Lines What is happening?8 – 14 A man called Danladi is dragged out of
his home in the middle of the night and taken away. The narrator ignores what happens.
15 – 21 A woman called Chinwe discovers that she has been fired for no reason. The narrator says it is not his / her business.
22 - 26 One evening as the narrator sits down to eat there is a knock at the door. He / she is terrified as he / she sees the jeep waiting.
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