Western civilization - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
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Sheets of tin nailed to posts driven in the ground make up the house Some rags complete The intimate landscape The sun slanting through the cracks welcomes the owner. After twelve hours of slave labour Breaking rock shifting rock breaking rock shifting rock fair weather wet weather breaking rock shifting rock Old age comes early a mat on dark nights is enough when he dies gratefully of hunger questions
a) What is the poem about? (4 marks)
b) Identify and illustrate two features of style used in the poem. (4 marks) c) What does the fifth stanza suggest about the work done by “he”? (2 marks) d) What basic requirements does the “he” in the poem lack? (3 marks) e) Why do you think the “he” dies “gratefully”? (1 mark) f) Describe two themes brought out in the poem. (4 marks) g) Explain the meaning of “Old age comes early” (1 marks) h) Supply a word that means the same as hunger as used in the poem. (1 mark
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White child meets black man - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
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She caught me outside a London Suburban shop, I, like a giraffe And she a mouse. I tried to go But felt she stood Lovely as light on my back I turned with hello And waited. Her eyes got Wider but not her lips. Hello I smiled again and watched. She stepped around me Slowly, in a kind of dance, Her wide eyes searching Inch by inch up and down: No fur no scales no feathers No shell. Just a live silhouette, Wild and strange And compulsive Till mother came horrified 'Mummy is his tummy black?' Mother grasped her and swung Toward the crowd. She tangled Mother’s legs looking back at me As I watched them birds were singing. James Berry (Jamaica) questions
(a) Briefly explain what the poem is about. (3mks)
(b) Explain what the reaction of the white child makes the persona feel. (4mks) (c) Compare and contrast the reactions of the mother and daughter to the black man. (6mks) (d) Identify and explain any two figures of speech used in this poem. (4mks) (e) Explain the significance of the last line of the poem. (3mks) THE PRESS - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
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So What is the mountain deal? About the minister’s ailing son That makes boiling news? How come it was not whispered? When Tina’s hospital bed was crawled with maggots And her eyes oozed pus Because the doctors lacked gloves? What about Kasajja’s only child Who died because the man with the key To the oxygen room was on leave? I have seen queues Of emaciated mothers clinging to Babies with translucent skins Faint in line And the lioness of a nurse Commanding tersely ‘Get up or live the line’ Didn’t I hear it rumored that The man with the white mane Ushered a rape case out of court Because the seven-year-old Failed to testify? Anyway, I only remembered these things Ehen I drink They indeed tipsy explosions. Susan Nalugwa Kiguli Adopted By from: Echoes across the valley. questions
a) Identify and explain the social evils dealt with in the poem. (6 marks)
b) Pick out three poetic devices evident in this poem and comment on their significance. (6 marks) c) Comment on the tone of the poem. (2 marks) d) Is the title significant? Why or why not? (2 marks) e) Explain the irony of the poem? (2 marks) f) Explain the meaning of the following words: (2 marks) i) Crawled ii) Ushered Their City - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
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Their city City in the sun without any warmth except for wanaotosheka and the tourists escaping from civilized boredom Sit under the Tree any Saturday morning and watch the new Africans, the anxious faces behind the steering wheels in hire purchase cars see them looking important in a tiny corner behind the chauffeur We have seen them in a nightmare, the thickset directors of several companies; we have seen them struggling under the weight of a heavy lunch on a Monday afternoon cutting a tape to open a building, we have seen them looking over their gold-rimmed glasses to read a speech And in the small hours between one day and the next we have strolled through the deserted streets and seen strange figures under bougainvillea bushes in traffic islands figures hardly human snoring away into the cold winds of the night; desperately dying to live. (Lennard Okola) questions
a) Who is the persona in the poem? (2 marks)
b) Explain what the poem is about. (3 marks) c) What is achieved by repetition of “We have seen them”? (2 marks) d) Identify and explain two thematic concerns of the poet. (4 marks) e) Why are the “new Africans” said to have anxious faces? (2 marks) f) Explain the meaning of the expression; figures hardly human desperately dying to live. (2 marks) g) How does the persona portray the rich? (2 marks) h) Describe the tone in the poem. (3 marks) Beggar in the three a piece - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
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My Jumbo Shot its way Across the sky To distant lands Across blue seas I descended the ladder To a waiting ribbon Of blood-red carpet A quick glance at my Three piece suit and the tie That beautifully strangled my neck. On my left hand hang My beaded knob kerry On my right I clutched My rusty inter- nation Begging Bowl On my face I wore humility and need And of course dignity. Sir, the dearth of food Had rendered my people thin And hungry Scoop us a little You know Just little To keep them till next rains. But Sir, beggars In three piece Are a rare sight But your suit is beautiful Honestly. Now my suit Which cost me a fortune In a Parisian Texture Has denied me a fortune And my countrymen, life. By. L.O. Sunkuli. questions
(a) Who is the persona in the poem? (3 marks)
(b) What is the subject matter of this poem? (4 marks) (c) Explain the satire in this poem and comment on its effectiveness. (4 marks) (d) Describe the tone of this poem. (3 marks) (e) Explain what the last stanza implies. (3 marks) (f) Explain the meaning of the following liens as used in the poem. (3 marks)
LOVE - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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Love is madness. Hard brutal madness Love is fire Flat blazing Love is a chameleon A camouflaged dangerous chamwleon Hot fiery love, I beg you……….
Put out your brazing flame,
Because I desire to fell for you Hard remorseful love Please change your stance Before the fire of my youth Is quenched (from the African saga by Susan N. Kiguli) Questions
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