In the midst of hardship synopsis
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The poem describes a family who spent a difficult night searching in a flood for their son's albino buffalo. They returned home at dawn soaking wet and with scratches and wounds on their bodies. Despite their hardship, they did not seem despairing. Having grown up facing difficulties without complaint, they now made jokes in the kitchen while rolling cigarettes, demonstrating their resilience.
In the midst of hardship synopsis
- 1. In the Midst of Hardship At dawn they returned home their soaky clothes torn and approached the stove their limbs marked by scratches their legs full of wounds but on their brows there was not a sign of despair The whole day and night just passed they had to brave the horrendous flood in the water all the time between bloated carcasses and tiny chips of tree barks desperately looking for their sons albino buffalo that was never found They were born amidst hardship and grew up without a sigh or a complaint now they are in the kitchen, making jokes while rolling their cigarette leaves. Stanza 1: At sunrise they returned home, clothes soaked and torn. They went towards the stove looking for food. They had tiny bruises on their hands and wounds covering their legs. In spite of their discomfort, they do not seem to be in despair. Stanza 3: They were born in hard times and grew up neither sighing nor complaining. Now, they are back in the kitchen, joking and at the same time rolling their home made cigarettes. Stanza 2: They had spent the whole day and night braving the horrible flood. They were wading in the water all the time between floating decaying carcasses and small pieces of the tree barks anxiously searching for their sons albino buffalo and which was never found.