LULLABY: ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Read the following poem carefully and answer questions that follow.

Happy baby
Her lip suckle the nipple
Milk bubble, foams and ripples
Little hand up in the air
Catch on the mothers hair
Sweet sensation rise in pressure
Tiny legs kick with pleasures
Sleep comes gently and strong
Sleep whispers softly and long.

Questions

(a) Write down three pairs of words whose final syllables have the same sounds    ( 3mks)
(b) How would you say  line six of the poem? “ Sweet sensation rises in Pressure,”    (2mks)
(C) Giving two illustrations from the poem, state the tone you would adopt if you were to read this poem aloud    (3mks)

Answers

a) Oral poem 
a. Nipple           air                   strong 
    Ripple           hair                  long 
b. With a rising tone, a happy /joyous face and raised hands 
i. Verbal (1mk)
ii. Non- verbal (1mk)
c. Happy tone  because the child in this poem is portrayed as being very happy and contented e.g sweat sensation, tiny legs kick with pleasure (2mks)
i. Soothing tone ½ mk – sleep comes gently and strong sleep whisper softly (2mks)

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