Their City - KCSE English poetry questions and answers
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
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) Follow AtikaSchool.Org on our Social ChannelsThis gives you an opportunity to get our latest uodates, changes and firsthand information
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James
7/5/2021 13:23:33
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27/9/2022 00:54:23
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David
24/9/2022 22:27:35
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16/3/2023 12:04:27
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