Delft Poem

  • coloured community

    • high crime numbers

    • suburb in cape town

    • crime, poverty, no jobs

    • Kaapse Afrikaans

      • ontronding (foneties - written → said)

      • assimilasie (in + die = innie)


  • focusses on the nature element thats unique to delft

  • alot of personification


  • people of delft compared to things in the street

  • all these stones in the road are sitting like laities (jong seuns)

    • bedel → begging (poor)

  • die wind kom en gan (ppl coming going, time passing)

  • like a dad who comes and goes → doesnt care kids (soese man - vergelyking)

  • ‘n wind wat net vir homself liewe → comes and goes for himself

    • being seen as cold

  • die lug se mom stink na wyn → the mouth stinks of wine (wind represents men) (personifikasie)

  • die wek nine te five omdat dai is wat hy doen (just what you do)

  • hyt nooit consider (dont consider doing anything esle)

  • dat hy iets annes kan doen nie (nothing else they can do)

  • die boeme hang heeldag oo hulle mierjies (trees hang over → properties not maintained)

    • also means ppl nosey and gossip

  • die sand het vyl voete en lang naals (dont take care of themselves)

  • maarie sand loep can dee tot dee (en sit in almal se huis)

  • die mense is cigarette-toppatjies (ppl are like cigarette filters)

  • opgestop in metjieboksies (money for alcohol and cigarettes)