MY WEDDING DAY - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

​Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow

​Why do you wear that dress so white?
Why do you where that veil so light?
Why do your young eyes shine so bright?
Is it your wedding?
I wear the dress and veil to show
That gladly to my love I go
My young eyes shine because I know
It is my wedding.

​Questions

• a) Identify the rhyming  words in this poem  (2marks)
• b) describe  the rhyme scheme of this poem (2marks)
• c) How would you perform the  poem to  distinguish stanza 1 and 2 (2marks)
• d) Identify  and illustrate two  stylistic devices in this  poem (4marks)

Answers / Marking scheme

• (a)Rhyming words know, show, go, Light/white
• (b)Rhyme scheme Aa, ab, cc, cd the rhyme scheme is regular since the next pattern is predictable
• (c)Falling intonation to show finality, falling intonation  since they are why questions
• (d)
  i . Repetition – why do you(has been repeated)
  ii. Rhyme- white, bright, light
  iii. Alliteration - why wear white
  iv. Assonance - shine bright         

(any 2 iden +illustr =1mk each) total 4mk

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