WHAT IS RED?

GROUP 6
CAROLINE CHIN
NURSABRINA
NORSAKINAH
HASLINA

ELEMENTS OF THE POEM

Setting
Persona
Themes
Messages
Tone & Mood
Language &Style
Moral values

SETTING
Place :Not specified
Time :Not specified

PERSONA
The poem

THEMES
The many faces of red
The spectrum of red

MESSAGES
Appreciate colour in your life .
Be sensitive to colour ,especilly to red.

TONE&MOOD
Tone :Positive and vibrant
Mood :Enthusiastic

LANGUAGE&STYLE
The peom has 36 lines but is not divided

into stanza
The ends of every alternate line rhyme
The lines are short , not more than five
words per line
Literary devices: rhyme , rhythm,
alliteration, imagery, metaphor,
rhetorical question, personification

MORAL VALUES
MODERATION
COURAGE
HUMILITY

LINES 1-4
THE COLOUR RED CAN BE SEEN IN

SUNSETS BLAZINGMEANS VERY

HOT .THE POET COMPARES IT WITH THE
COURAGE WITHIN US.

LINES 5-6
A SUNBURN IS REDDISH AND THE FIRST

PALCE TO GET SUNBURNT IS USUALLY

THE TIP OF THE NOSE(SPOT ON YOUR
NOSE)

LINES 7-8
SOMETIMES THE FIRST THING THAT

COMES TO MIND WHEN ONE SEES RED

IS A RED ROSE

LINES 9-12
RED SQUIGGLES OUT REFERS TO

BLOOD OOZING OUT OF A WOUND .

BRICES ARE ALSO REDDISH . THE
PHRASE SOUND OF A BAND REFERS
TO MARCHING BAND.

LINES 13-16
FEELINGS OF SHONE OR

EMBARRASSMENT TURN OUR TACES RED

LINES 17-20
All thing associated with fire are flaming

red- firecarackers ,fire engines . Red is

also the colour of anger in our minds.

LINES 21-24
WHEN THE POET THINKS OF THE

COLOUR RED,THESE IMAGES COME TO

THE MIND-A NATIVE AMERICAN
(INDIAN),A RED HEART SHAPE TO
EXPRESS LOVE (VELENTINE HEART)
AND THE RED DESIGNS (TRIMMING)
ALONG THE EDGES OF A CISCUS CART.

LINES 25-28
RED LIPSTICK IS USUALLY

MEMORABLE. THE CALOUR RED IS

ALSO A VISUAL AND AUDIO SIGUAL
FOR DANGER OR CAUTION.

LINES 29-32
THE COLOUR RED ALSO REMINDS THE

POET OF A HUGE RUBBER BALL.RED IS

INDEED THE BIGGEST COLOUR OF ALL ,
LIKE A HUGS RED BALL.

LINES 33-36
The colour red is like as how off

because it attracts the most attention .

A show off is someone who likes to
impress other people by showing how
good he or she is at doing something .
The phrase no doubt about it means
the poet is very sure that the colour red
is a show off . The last two lines are in
the torm of a question asking whether
we can live without the colour red.

PT3 EXAM PRATICES

SET 1
Read the poem WHAT IS RED? and answer
the following questions.
a) How does the poet describe the sunset?
b) According to the poem, when does red
run through
your head?
c) Give an example of a signal that is red
in colour .
d) Do you agree that red is a show- off ?
Why?

PT3 EXAM PRACTIES

SET2
Read the poem WHAT IS RED? and

answer the following answer .

A)What is the poet referring to in line 9?
B) What are two emotions connected to
the colour red?
C)According to the poem, what is the first
reaction when someone is emberrassed?
D) Do you like this poem? Why?