An Introduction To Poetry Question Paper
An Introduction To Poetry
Course:Bachelor Of Arts [Theology] With It ()
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2011
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KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2010/2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY
LITE 111: AN INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
DAY: THURSDAY DATE: 11/08/2011
TIME: 3.00 – 5.00 P.M. STREAM: SESS 1&4
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer THREE questions only
2. Question ONE Compulsory
1. Provide a suitable definition of the term ‘poetry’ giving suitable examples to justify your
answer.
2. Demonstrate your understanding for the terms given below, citing suitable examples in
each case,
a) Alliteration and assonance
b) Similes
c) Irony
d) Personification
e) Juxtaposition
f) Imagery.
3. ‘Poetry is song and song is poetry, even though the former is recited the latter sung.’
Discount or support this statement using information gathered in the course of studying this
unit.
PLEASE TURN OVER
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4. Compose a short poem based on any of the following given themes. Love, marriage, child
abuse. Critically analyze the poem you have composed under the following broad guidelines.
Explain the social function of the poem you have written.
Theme
Style
Overall message
5. “The language of poetry normally deviates from the conventional way of language use.
Discuss.
6. Comment systematically on the use of imagery and symbolism in the poem below.
Grass Will Grow
If you should take my child Lord
Give my hands strength to dig his grave
Cover him with earth
Lord send a little rain
For grass with grow
If my house should burn down
So that the ashes should sting the nostrils
Making the eyes weep
Then lord send a little rain
For grass will grow
But do not send me madness
I ask for tears
Do not send me moon-hard madness
To lodge snug in my skull
I would you sent me hordes of horses
Galloping
Crushing
But do not break
The yolk of the moon on me
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