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Glossary

trod : to step or walk on
sassiness : rudeness, lack of respect
gloom : feeling of great sadness
haughtiness : arrogance, the feeling of being better than others
awful : extremely bad or unpleasant
offend : to make someone upset or angry
terror : extreme fear
wondrously : extremely, keenly
slave : a legally owned servant

2.2. Use the words in the arrow to complete the interpretation of the
poem below.

Inspiration, ancestors, determination, hard-earned, jealous, freedom,
defame, hatred, confident, rising

The poem is an …………………. for the modern generation of people
of colour. Their ………………….. fought through dreadful darkness

to make way for a beautiful tomorrow. Out of a history of pain,
humiliation and sorrow, they have come out like a black ocean.

With their sheer ……………….. and will, they could turn the tide.
Now the present generation is enjoying the beautiful and free

life ………………………. by their ancestors. But the way they live, is
somehow not accepted by the whites. They are ……………..of the way

the blacks are enjoying the ………………………. So they might be trying
to ……………….. them in history and create …………………. for them

in the society but the blacks are …………………….. that no vengeful
methods the whites try will stop them from ……………………….

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