THE CRACK - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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THE CRACK - KCSE ENGLISH POETRY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Crack the glass
And the crack
Will always remain
The human heart
Has the same vein
Its just as delicate
To the strain

Once it is hurt
It is too hard
To fade the strain
Although parts can
Fix together
You’ve just to touch the wound
To make it drain again

Questions

• a) What is the subject matter of the poem? (2 marks)
• b) How would you recite the lines 4 and 5 of stanza 2 (2 marks)
• c) Identify and illustrate any two aspects of style employed in this poem. (4 marks)
• d) What does the persona mean by the last two lines of the poem? (2 marks)

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