Poetry- KEEP OFF THE GRASS By: Oswald Mbuyieseni Mtshali

The grass is a green mat
trimmed with gladioli
red like flames in a furnace.

The park bench, hallowed, 
holds the loiterer listening 
to the chant of the fountain
showering holy water on a congregation
of Pigeons.

Then madam walks her Pekinese
bathed and powdered and perfumed.

He sniffs at the face of the 'Keep off' sign
with a nose as cold as frozen fish
and salutes it with a hind paw
leaving it weeping in anger and shame. 

1. State ONE metaphor that is present in the poem.

2. Name the Flowers mentioned and what figure of speech is used to describe them?

3. Based on the setting, name the place or location indicated from the poem

4. Provide a word/Noun that could replace the word 'LOITERER' in line 5

5. What type and breed of animal accompanied the madam?

6. What is meant by 'salutes it with a hind paw' in line 13?

7. Write the line that accurately depicts PERSONIFICATION in the poem.

Please hurry it's graded