Timeless Love and the Limitations of Mortality Had we but world enough, and time This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down and think which way To walk and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Gange’s side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I would Love you ten years before the Flood. And you should; if you please, refuse Till conversation of the jaws. My vegetable love should grow Vaster than empires, and more slow; An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes and on thy fore head gaze Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty-thousand to the rest. QUESTIONS(i) Explain how rhythm has been achieved in the poem. (3 marks) ................................................................................................... (ii) Assume you are performing this poem to an audience, in which ways would you enliven your presentation. (4 marks) ........................................................................................... (iii) How would you say the following lines in the poem “Thine eyes and on thy fore head gaze Two hundred to adore each breast. (3 marks) ............................................................................................... ANSWERS(i) Use of sound related patters such as: * Alliteration we, would which, way long, love * Repetition of words e.g Love * Rhyme – use of Rhyming words e.g. time, crime way, day side, tide breast, rest (3 marks) ( ½ - 1D)- identification (NB: No marks for identification without illustration). ½ Ill. - illustration (iI)* Use of appropriate gestures e.g. point at the head when saying the words, “...........think which way.” (Line 3) * Use of relevant musical instruments. * Use of appropriate décor and costumes. * Employing appropriate body movement. * Use of appropriate facial expression e.g. an expression that shows affection e.g. “.....Love yiu ten years”. * Employing appropriate posturing * Use of appropriate voice variation e.g. pauses, where there are full stops, semi-colons and commas. (Any 4 points 1 x 4) (4 marks) (iii)* with a falling intonation * Use a slow deliberate pace * Place more stress on content words e.g. eyes, forehead, gaze hundred, adore breast. * Use appropriate gestures e.g. point at my eyes, forehead * Facial expressions should be employed appropriately such as open eyes wide to gaze. (Any 3 points 1 x 3) (3 marks) MORE QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
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Read the poem below and answer the questions that followAN ELEGY When we was here, We planned each tomorrow. With him in mind. For we saw no parting. Looming beyond the horizon. When he was here, We joked and laughed together. And no feeting shadow of a ghost. Ever crossed out paths. Day by day we lived. On this side of the mist. And there was never a sign. That his hours were running fast. When he was gone. Through glazed eyes we searched. Beyond the mist and the shadows. For we couldn’t believe he was nowhere. We could not believe he was dead. (Laban Erapu) questionsa) What is the poem about? (2 marks) ............................................................................... b) Give evidence in the poem to show that the death of the person referred to in the poem was not expected? (3 marks) ................................................................................ c) Explain the relationship between the persona and the person who is now dead. (2 marks) ...................................................................................... d) Rewrite the following in your ow words “that his hours were running fast” (1 mark) .................................................... e) Explain the image of the mist in the last stanza of the poem. (2 marks) ......................................................................... f) What do you think is the importance of repeating the following line in stanza 1 & 2. “When he was here” (2 marks) ................................................................ g) Explain the meaning of the following line as used in the poem. i) We planned each tomorrow. (1 mark) ........................................................................ ii) Through glazed eyes we searched. (1 mark) ....................................................................... h) “We joked and laughed together”, Rewrite in inverted form. (1 mark) ........................................................................................ i) Give the poem another suitable title. (1 mark) ............................................................................. j) Comment on the major theme in the poem. (2 marks) ....................................................................... k) What is the mood of the poem? (2 marks) ......................................................................................... answers
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