In The Midst of Hardship Question&Answer

In the Midst of Hardship

At dawn they returned home,

their soaky clothes torn,

and approached the stove,

their limbs marked by scratches,

their legs full of wounds,

but on their brows,

there was not a sign of despair.

The whole day and night just passed,

they had to brave the horrendous flood,

in the water all the time,

between bloated carcasses,

and tiny chips of tree barks,

desperately looking for their son's

albino buffolo that was never found.

They were born admist hardship,

and grew up without a sigh or a complaint,

now they are in the kitchen, making

jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves.

 

 

Questions:

 

1. How do they cope with life's difficulties and disappointments?

They share jokes and smoke

 

2. The line They were born amist hardship implies they...

were fated to be poor.

3. The bloated carcasses [line 11] are symbols of...
death.

4. From the title of the poem we can predict that it is about the...
struggle to find meaning.

5.From stanza 1, describe the condition of the clothes.
The clothes were soaked and torn.

6. From stanza 1, how do you know that they were not worried?
There was not a sign of despair on their brows.

7. From stanza 2, how long were they out in the horrendous flood?
They were out in the horrendous flood for the whole day and night.