HATED STRUCTURE: THE INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
HATED STRUCTURE: THE INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
"If you are on Highway 104 in a Scubenacadie town
There is a hill where a structure stands
A reminder to many senses
To respond like demented ones
I for one looked into the window
And there on the floor
Was a deluge of a misery
Of a building I held in awe
Since the day
I walked into the ornamented door.
There was grime everywhere
As in buildings left alone or unused
Maybe to the related tales of long ago
Where the children lived in laughter, or abused.
I had no wish to enter
Nor to walk the halls
I had no wish to feel the floors
Where I felt fear
A beating heart of episodes
I care not to recall.
The structure stands as if to say:
I was just a base for theory
To bend the will of children
I remind
Until I fall"
Mi'Kmaq Poet, Rita Joe
We are the Dreamers: Recent and Early Poetry
Wreck Cove, NS: Breton Books, 1999
Key Words
Demented
Deluge
Misery
Awe
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1. How many stanzas are in the poem?
2. Who do you think is the speaker is in this poem?
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b) Find and explain an example of repetition in the poem.
4. What is the title referring to? Why is the title important to understanding this poem?
5. What theme does this poem deal with? What does this poem show you about that theme?
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