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HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES. Poet’s Background . Born on 25 August 1941 in Negeri Sembilan, Latiff Mohidin was educated at Lenggeng , Seremban , Singapore, and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin.

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HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

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  1. HE HAD SUCH QUIET EYES

  2. Poet’s Background • Born on 25 August 1941 in Negeri Sembilan, • LatiffMohidin was educated at Lenggeng, Seremban, Singapore, and the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. • He has served as Writer in Residence at the Science University of Malaysia, Penang, the National University of Malaysia and DewanBahasadanPustaka. • At present, Latiff is a freelance poet and artist. His poems have won the Putra I poetry Award. Among his books are: Sungai Mekong (1972), KembaraMalam(1974), and Wayang Pak Dalang(1977).

  3. Garis: Dari TitikkeTitik(1988), a book on the creative process (art and poetry), won the Honourable Diploma Prize at the Festival of International Books at Leipzig, Germany in 1989. • known for his graphic and imagistic experiment,social themes in his poems, illustrating the all-important concept that poetry serves society. • Among his poems Dream 1, Mirror, The Puppeteer’s Wayang, Words Adrift on Air, The Legend of the Dawn, His Thick Shroud, The Shore of Time, Mask of My Name is Rawana and „A City, A Grandmother and Death’.

  4. SYNOPSIS • The poem is about a persona, a lady who fell for the wrong man. She was fascinated with his „quiet eyes‟ and believed that his eyes showed his true emotion and feelings for her. The man‟s eyes had the power to charm her and made her believe him and be nice to him.

  5. GUESS THE EYES….

  6. Put Me Straight • However, the man was actually a „pleasure seeking man‟, a flirt. As the lady was truly fascinated and charmed by the man, she did not listen or did not want to listen to any advice concerning the man‟s true behaviour. In the end, she realized her error and was broken hearted.

  7. IDIOM OF EYES • to turn a blind eye to something • Meaning : ignore something. • to do something with one's eyes closed • Meaning : do something very easily . • to keep one's eyes skinned/peeled • Meaning : remain alert . to open someone's eyes • the apple of one’s eye • Meaning: a person of whom one is extremely fond and proud of

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