| Poet | Valerie Bloom Born in Jamaica; Based in England |
| Theme |
Nature: River |
| Number of stanzas |
6 |
| Read and listen to the full poem here. poetryarchive.org |
| Meaning of words: Stanza 1 | |
| wanderer | a person who travels, drifts with no plan or
purpose kelana - orang yang menggembara |
| nomad |
a person (an animal)
that moves from place to place without a fixed home orang / haiwan yang berpindah dari satu tempat ke tempat lain, tanpa tempat tinggal tetap |
| tramp |
a person who walks from
place to place and who lives by doing odd jobs or begging kutu rayau, orang yang suka merayau-rayau tanpa tujuan |
| Meaning of words: Stanza 2 | |
| winder | something that twists and rolls sesuatu yang berputar |
| still | not moving diam, tidak bergerak |
| Meaning of words: Stanza 3 | |
| hoarder | collector penggumpul |
| Meaning of words: Stanza 4 | |
| gurgles | makes a sound like a bubbling flow of liquid menggelobok, membobok |
| hums | makes musical sounds with lips closed menyenandungkan |
| Meaning of words: Stanza 6 | |
| vexed | annoyed, irritated sakit hati |
| gobble | eat very quickly and noisily makan sesuatu dengan gelojoh |
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