Nature by H.D.

Carberry
Slides prepared by Teacher Nuha

Carberry
The poet -Hugh
H.D.Doston
Carberry

(1921-1989), was
educated at Jamaica
College.
Then, he went to Oxford
University.
He worked as a Barrister
of Law.
Later, he was appointed
as a Judge of the Court of
Appeal.
He remained a judge until
his retirement at the age
of 67.

What is the poem about?

The beauty of Jamaica

What is the poem about?

The cycle of nature

Setting
The poem is set in Jamaica.

We have neither
Summer

nor Winter

Snowflake
particles
magnified
under
powerful
microscope

We have neither
Summer
nor Winter

The Jamaican people do not have

Summer and Winter

Neither Autumn

nor Spring

Neither Autumn
nor Spring

There are no Autumn and Spring in

Jamaica

We have instead the days

That means, on different days
throughout a year -

The weather
in Jamaica
changes:
sunny
windy
rainy

The elements of nature

in Jamaica also change:
mango trees blossom
logwood trees
blossom
grass grows tall
bees collect honey
etc.

What are the days in

Jamaica?

When the
gold sun

Gold refers
to the
colour of
the sun

shines on
the lush
green
canefields
Magnificentl
y.

Magnificently =
marvelously

sugarcane fields

lush green
canefields

lush means abundant;

available in large
quantities

The days when the rain beats like

bullets on the roofs

The days
when it
rains
heavily

And there is no sound but the swish

of water in the gullies
This is a gully. A gully is a
small, narrow channel. A
gully is formed by a stream
or by rain.

swish of
water means
the sound of
water
rushing
A
gully.

A
gully.

Jamaica winds.

The trees have to

struggle against the
strong winds to

And there are the days when leaves

fade from off guango trees

A guango tree is a large, wide spreading

tree.

And there are the days when leaves

fade from off guango trees

Near Black River, St Elizabeth, Jama

..leaves fade from off guango trees

means

And the reaped canefields lie bare

and fallow to the sun

Sugarcanes are reaped /

A harvester machine is used to reap

After harvesting, the land lie bare

and fallow to the sun.

After harvesting, the land is left

empty and is not used for growing
crops. This will allow the land to
regain its fertility to grow crops in the

Best of all
there are the
days when the
mango and the
logwood
blossom
If mango trees
blossom, they
produce
flowers.

The logwood blossoms

The uses of logwood

The bark and leaves are used in medical

applications.

The flowers produce

high quality honey .

It is used as a
natural dye

bushes..

Hotel Commingle,
Savanna-la-Mar,
Westmoreland,
Jamaica

bushes are plants with many thin

branches growing up from the ground

When the bushes

are full of the
sound of bees
and the scent of
honey
scent means
smell

When tall
grass..

The grass grows

tall..

Fever grass, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

When tall grass sways and shivers

to the slightest breath of air,
sways and shivers
means the grass move
gracefully
slightest breath of
air means gentle
wind

When the buttercups have paved

the earth with yellow stars

The buttercups cover the ground. The

yellow buttercups look like shining

And beauty comes suddenly and the

rains have gone.

The surroundings abound with beauty

after the rainy days have gone.

What can we learn from this poem?

1. Nature is beautiful. Learn to appreciate
Nature.
2. We should be grateful with what we have.
When we take a closer look at our possessions,
we should appreciate and value them.
3. Learn to look at things and realise that
every part of the Earth has the same
things. There is only one Earth, one Sun and
one Moon. These things are the same although
we all enjoy them at different times.
4. Do not covet what we dont have. It is not
possible for us to have everything that we
desire. When other people have them, we
should not eye them with envy.

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