In your own words explain the main idea in line 1-7. Refer in line 8-15. (a) What is the main idea in these lines? Refer to the line 10-12. (a) What figure of speech is used? What does crying reddish water Perhaps salty tell us about the clothes that were in the washing line? Refer to line 12. Identify the figure of speech used and explain what this tells us about what happened to the man. What does the trousers look like to the poet? What happened in South Africa at the time that made the poet feel so hopeless?