Si Tenggang's Homecoming

1. What does the persona say that the journey he has travelled is “a journey of the soul”?
2. Which phrase indicates that the persona has learned difficult lesson during his travels?
3. Why is the persona angry with his mother and his grandmother?
4. What is the mood of the persona in the two stanzas?
5. What did si tenggang learn during his travels?
6. What is si tenggang trying to do in the third stanza?
7. Which lines in the poem tells us that si tenggang does not care for insincere people?
8. In your own words, explain what si tenggang feels about his village?
9. What does the persona mean by the line ‘i am not a new man’ in stanza vi?
10. The word you in line 3 of the stanza vi refers to ………………………………… .
11. What has the persona learnt from his travel overseas?
12. In your own words explain the last stanza.
13. Why was the persona unhappy with his family?
14. In Stanza 2, What does the persona say of how his absence had changed him?
15. In Stanza 3, what fears does he say he has lost?
16. According to the persona, what is good about the Malay way of thinking?
17. “the contents of these boats are yours too/because i have returned” lines 37-38. Explain what the poet means by these lines?
18. What do you think of the persona’s expression of his own improvement in his character after going overseas?
19. Where did the persona go?
20. Is the poem negative or positive in your opinion? Why?
21. Why does the journey was a loyal teacher mean?
22. What can you tell about the persona? What kind of person do you think he is?
23. One word to describe ‘si tenggang’ based on this excerpt would be……………. .
24. How does the poet describe his journey?
25. Give a word similar in meaning to the word “tardy”. (Line…, Stanza iii)
26. What is the different between ‘si tenggang’ and his countrymen?
27. Explain in your own words how ‘si tenggang’ can contribute to his country?
28. The words oceans (Stanza iii) refers to……… .
29. In your own words, name two things which the persona is not afraid of the result of his journey.
30. What do you think the phrase i am just like you mean?
31. In your own words, explain how the journey has affected the persona.
32. What does the persona mean by the line i am not a new man in Stanza vi?
33. The word you in line 3 of Stanza vi refers to……..
34. What has the persona learnt from his travels overseas?
35. In your own words, explain the last stanza.
36. In Stanza I, why does the persona say that the journey he has travelled is ‘a journey of the soul’?
37. Which phrase in Stanza I and II, indicates that the persona has learned difficult lessons during his travels?
38. Why is the persona angry with his mother and grandmother?
39. What is the mood of the persona in Stanza I and II?
40. What did si tenggang learn during his travels?
41. What is si tenggang trying to do on the third stanza?
42. Which lines in the poem tell us that si tenggang does not care for insincere people?
43. In your own words, explain what si tenggang feels about his village.
44. From Stanza III, state how si tenggang has changed.
45. What does Stanza IV tell you about si tenggang?
46. What does the line ‘ to hold reality in new logic’ mean?
47. What is the main theme of the poem?
48. Why does the persona consider his travels to be ‘ a journey of the soul’?
49. Explain these phrases ;
a) I have not entire returned (Stanza II).
b) changed by time and place (Stanza II).
c) coarsened by problems (Stanza II)

50. What do you think oceans in Stanza II refer to?