Kate Tempest POEM CE Teacher

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Kate Tempest performs at 50 Years Years of Amnesty International Celebration Ce lebration in 2011, Dublin, Ireland.  What is the main issue being raised in her poem ?  Women’s rights

/ gender equality

 According to you, who does “We” refer to ?  We = women / including herself  

ist all the ad!ecti"es used by #ate to tal$ about women% 

¬' wea$ / infectious /

emotional / reflecti"e / disrespected /

mishandled

&ne"er' dismantled

(ow are women being described in the poem

?

 )hey are described as “fighters” , strong indi"iduals who are able to ma$e

the right decisions   *ecide who she wrote this poem for ? & )arget audience'  +oth women and men  What is the poem’s message ? What does she hope to achie"e ?

A message of non"iolence and peace / forgi"eness / unity

=- .he hopes to

achie"e gender equality 

.he belie"es in gender equality / she belie"es in a peaceful solution / she ad"ocates

&proner' union

rec$ons &estimer'

between human beings rather that hatred%

/ she

that women and men can wor$ together for eace% / she

aims to gal"ani0e men and women into action% / sha wants to raise awareness about gender equality%

 *o you find this poem optimistic or pessimistic? 1ustify your choice%  2 find her poem optimistic as she encourages her audience to “light candles

for (umans”

and she “begs for Amnesty” women / including herself // she

$nows that together humans are stronger% 3orgi"eness is the answer% / she belie"es in humans and in the power of humanity to ” ma$e right ” rather than do wrong% 4ishandled

to be treated roughly

& maltrait5 / malmen5 '

*ismantled =-

to be demolished / to be ta$en to pieces

& d5truite / d5monter/ an5antir/

d5manteler' 6eflecti"e =- r5fl5chi

/ m5ditatif/

/ r5flechissant

)o beg for = prier )o depri"e sb of sth = pri"er de *epra"ity = baseness / corruption / debauchery / e"il / "iciousness

= depra"ation/ per"ersion/

d5bauche )o thri"e =

de"elop

= prosp5rer

Amnesty =

an official pardon

amnistie

eer = someone who as the same age as you or the same status as you%

& pair/5gal'