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Introduction To Poetry (Litt 112) Question Paper

Introduction To Poetry (Litt 112)

Course:Education

Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers

Exam Year:2013

TIME : 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer any three questions
Question One
Examine the characteristics of poetry that differentiate it from the other genres of literature. (20 Marks)

Question Two
Discuss the following types of poems (20 Marks)
Ballad
Ode
Sonnet
Epitaph

Question Three
Discuss the following structural patterns as they are used in poetry (20 Marks)
Mono-stanzaic poem
Multi-stanzaic poem
Rhetoric stanza
Declarative stanza

Question Four
Analyze the following devices as used in poetry stating the importance and effects at using them. (20 Marks)
Imagery
Tautology
Oxymoron
Paradox
Hyperbole

Question Five
Give a detailed analysis of the following poem (20 Marks)
Dialogue by Jared Angira
O Lord make Haste to Help Me
O Man Make Hast to Repent
O Padre open the Vestroom
O man confess your sins
O Father I Have no Sins
O Man You Are Not Ready
Pulpit abandoned
The weight of celibacy

Collection dish empty
Poverty of churchgoers

Kneelers and tendants
Satiety in sins
O Lord Make Haste to save us
O man you are not hungry
Lord will you hear our cry
About this world with end
Man I will hear your cry
About this world without end
O lord shall we communicate
O man I am God Almighty
O Lord will you hear my request
O man about my kingdom
O Lord its all about my adulterous Wife
About my bills
About my demotion
About my failure
About all these
World with End
O man about all these
See your reverend priest
See your comrade fortune
See your comate nature
O Lord let my cry come unto you
O man do you hear my sermon?
O Lord cannot I see your face
O man empathy is mine, sympathy is your
O man you’ll never see my face
O Lord then you are hot of mercy of grace!

Introduction To Poetry (Litt 112) Question Paper

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