[DOCUMENT]: This poem discusses the elements, themes, and moral values found in nature. It describes the rural setting of farmlands and countryside, and how the landscape changes with the cycles of the dry and wet seasons. The themes include the natural cycle of life and appreciating one's own country. The moral values highlighted are loyalty to one's country and appreciation of nature.

1. NATURE
ELEMENTS OF THE
POEM

2. • Farmlands &
countryside
Setting
• Cycle of the dry &
wet seasons
• Natural cycle of
life
Themes
• Appreciation of
one’s own country
• Loyalty to our
Moral country
Values • Appreciation of
nature

3. SETTING
• Countryside & farmlands
– the beauty of the canefields in hot weather
– the torrential fall of rain during the wet season
– the emptiness of the land at the end of
harvest
• Cycle of the dry and wet seasons
– the seasons continue cycling throughout the
year

4. THEMES
• Natural cycle of life
– life is not always easy
– we may have good & bad times
• Appreciation of one’s own country
– love our country for what it is
– every place has its own attraction and value

5. MORAL VALUES
• Loyalty to your country
– proud of own country
– do not let others underestimate us
• Appreciation of nature
– take time to enjoy our surroundings
– take good care of nature

6. The quiz consists of 10 questions.
You are given 20 seconds to read and answer
each question.
GOOD LUCK!!

7. 1) The bees fly round the bushes that give off
the ____________ of honey.

8. 2) The buttercups seem to __________ the
earth with yellow stars.

9. 3) The poem is all about ___________.

10. 4) The rains fall heavily like ____________ on
roofs.

11. 5) There are times when leaves fall and
________ off the trees.

12. 6) The poem describes the weather condition in
______________.

13. 7) The surroundings experience a burst of
___________ once the rain has gone.

14. 8) Rainwater flows down the ____________
with a swishing sound.

15. 9) The sun that shines brightly bathes the fields
in rays of _________ sunlight.

16. 10) The grass ___________ and shivers in the
breeze.