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a)The speaker is a man / boy deeply in love with a lady
b)The poem is about
- a man/ boy who is madly in love with a beautiful woman
- and he feels that the only answer to his feelings is to marry her.
c)The people in the poem define beauty by looking at these things to describe a woman as beautiful:
-a beautiful face
- a long neck
- tattooed body ( the back)
-a gap between the teeth
-white teeth
-supple waist
d)The speaker resolves the crisis he has by marrying the girl he is in love with.
e)Repetition in the poem has the effect of putting emphasis on what the speaker is talking about.
f)shaft - the long narrow part of a spear
suppleness - flexible, easy to bend, move easily without cracking
marto answered the question on March 9, 2020 at 09:47
- Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
SYMPTOMS OF LOVE
Love is a universal migraine
A bright stain on the vision
Blotting out reason.
Symptoms of true love
Are leanness, jealousy,
Laggard dawns;
Are omens and nightmares-
Listening for a knock.
Waiting for a sign:
For a touch of her fingers
In a darkened room,
For a searching look
Take courage,lover!
Could you endure such pain
At any hand but hers?
a)What is the poem about?
b)Identify and illustrate any two stylistic devises used by the poet.
c)Which three words used in the poem show that true love is painful.
d)What concrete evidence should a lover look for in true love?
e)Identify the solution the speaker gives to the lover?
f)Who is being addressed in this poem?Give evidence from the poem.
g)Give the meaning of these words as used in the poem.
i)migraine
ii)laggard
iii)endure
Date posted: March 9, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. AFTER A WAR The outcome? Conflicting rumours.....
As to what (Solved)
Read the pom below and answer the questions that follow.
AFTER A WAR
The outcome? Conflicting rumours
As to what faction murdered
The one man who, had survived
Might have ruled us without corruption
Not matters now:
We're busy collecting the dead
Counting them, hard though it is
To be sure what side they were on
Whta 's left of their bodies and faces
Tells of no need but for burial
And mutilations was practices
By right left and centre alike
As for the children and women
Who knows that they wanted
Apart from the usual things?
Food is scarce now, and men are scarce
Whole villages burnt to the ground
New cities in disrepair
The war is over, somebody must have won
Somebody will have won.When peace is declared
a)What is the poem about?
b)Outline four results of war
c)Describe the mood of the poem
d)How can we infer that corruption will continue to manifest itself in the society in the poem?
e)What points out that the killing were extremely inhuman?
f)What were the poets feelings towards war?
g)Give the meaning of these words as used in the poem
i)faction
ii)mutilations
iii)Scarce
Date posted: March 9, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Ocol rejects the old type
He is in love with modern woman,
He is in love with a beautiful girl
Who speaks English
But only recently
We would sit close together, touching each other!
Only recently I would play
On my bow harp
Singing praises to my beloved
Only recently he promised
That he trusted me completely
I used to admire him speaking in English
Ocol is no longer in love with old type;
He is in love with a modern girl.
The name of the beutiful one
Is Clementine
Brother ,when you see Clementine!
The beautiful one aspires
To look like a white woman.
Her lips are red - hot
Like glowing charcoal,
She resembles the wild cat
That has dipped its mouth in blood,
Her mouth is like raw rays
It looks like an open ulcer,
Like the mouth of a fiend
Tina dusts powder on her face
And it looks so pale;
She resembles the wizard
Getting ready for the midnight dance.
She dusts her ash - dirt all over her face
And when little sweat
Begins to appear on her body
She looks like the guinea fowl!
The smell of carbolic soap
Makes me sick
And the smell of powder
Provokes the ghosts in my head;
It is then necessary to fetch a goat from my mother's brother.
The sacrifice over.
The ghost- dance drum must sound
The ghost be laid
And my peace restored.
I do not like dusting myself with powder
The thing is good on pink skin because it is already pale,
But when a black woman has used it
She looks as if she has dysentery;
Tina looks sickly
And she is slow moving
She is a piteous sight.
a)Classify the genre above
b)Identify the speaker
c)Identify and illustrate two stylistic devices used by the writer.
d)What is the speakers altitude towards the modern woman?
e)Pick out three things the speaker feels an African woman should not do.
f)What remedy does the speaker have for problems brought to her by the modern woman?
g)Describe two character traits of the speaker
h)Give the meaning of the following words as used in the text.
i)resemble
ii)piteous
Date posted: March 9, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.
LIFE VARIETY
Why do we grumble because a tree is bent?
When in our streets, there are even men who are bent?
Why do we complain that the new moon is slanting?
Can anyone reach the sky to straighten it?
Can't we see that some cocks have combs on their heads?
but no plums in their tails?
And some have plumes in their tails, but claws on their toes?
And other have claws on their toes, but no weapon to crow?
He who has a head has no cap to wear,
And he who has a cap has no head to wear it on.
The Owa has everything but a horse's stable
Some scholars of Ifa cannot tell the way to Ofa
Others know the way to Ofa, but not alien of Ofa
Great eaters have no food to eat,
And great drinkers no wine to drink
Wealth has coat of many colors
i)State the intonation at the end of lines 3 and 8.
ii)Describe the oral performance devise you would use to deliver this poem.
iii)Explain two qualities of a good story teller.
Date posted: March 5, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the following and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following and answer the questions that follow.
"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
i)Classify the above genre.
ii)Give another example from the same genre with a similar meaning
iii)Give another example from same genre that contrasts it.
iv)Cite an incident where the above genre can apply.
Date posted: March 5, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the item below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the item below and answer the questions that follow.
LAZY MAN
When the cock crows
the lazy man smacks his lips and says;
So it is daylight again, is it?
And before he turns over heavily,
before he even yawns,
the farmer has reached the farm,
the water carriers have arrived at the river,
the spinners are spinning their cotton
the weaver works on his cloth,
and the fire blazes in the blacksmith's hut.
The lazy one knows where the soup is sweet.
He goes from house to house,
I f there is no sacrifice today,
his breastbone will stick out!
but when he sees the free yam,
he starts to unbutton his shirt, he moves close to the celebrant.
Yet his troubles are not few,
When his wives reach puberty,
rich men will help him marry them.
i)Classify the above oral poem
ii)Identify and explain any two stylistic devices used in the poem.
Date posted: March 5, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the song below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the song below and answer the questions that follow.
Where is she eee
Where is the bride?
We want to pamper her
We want to pamper her x 2
We advise you, we advise you
When you get there, respect your husband
When he calls you respond to his call.So that your marriage can last.
Both of you may live in peace
Both of you may live in peace x 2
i)State the words which can be stressed in line two and explain why?
ii)What is lost when the above song is written down?
iii)If you were reading the song aloud in class, how would you ensure that those listening to you get the message?
Date posted: March 4, 2020. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Sampan
Waves lap lap
Fish fins clap clap
Brown sails flap flap
Chop sticks tap tap
Up and down the long green river
Ohe! Ohe! Lanterns quiver
Willow branches brush the river
Ohe! Ohe! Lanterns quiver
Waves lap lap
Fish fins clap clap
Brown sails flap flap
Chop sticks tap tap
Questions:
1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem.
2. Identify and illustrate any sound devices used in the poem.
3. Provide another word that is pronounced the same way as the ones provided below.
i) Key –
ii) One –
iii) Passed –
iv) Come –
v) Read
Date posted: October 15, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Questions:
1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem.
2. Identify and illustrate any sound devices used in the poem.
3. Provide another word that is pronounced the same way as the ones provided below.
i) Key –
ii) One –
iii) Passed –
iv) Come –
v) Read
Date posted: October 14, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
a) Who is the persona in the poem.
b) Identify the imagery used and show its effectiveness.
c) Explain the meaning of the following sentences:-
1) Seeing only a bun on some sky-high shelf.
2) Your stomach is a den of lions
Roaring day and night
d) What is the attitude of the persona towards the boy?
e) What is the meaning of the following words?
1) Chiseled
2) Glazed
3) Taut
4) Confetti
f) What is the mood of the poem?
Date posted: October 14, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
There was an Indian, who had known no change,
Who strayed along a sunlit beach.
Gathering shell, He heard a sudden strange
Commingled noise; looked up; and gasped for speech.
For in the bay, where nothing was before,
Moved on the sea, by magic, huge canoes,
With bellying cloths on poles and not oar,
And fluttering coloured signs, and clambering crews.
And he, in his fear, this naked man alone,
His fallen hands forgetting all their shells,
His lips gone pale, knelt low behind a stone
And stared, and saw, and did not understand,
Columbus’s doom- burdened caravels.
Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land
Question
a) Describe the rhyme scheme in the above poem and state its function.
b) Identify words that end in the same sound in line 4.
c) Provide words that are identical in pronunciation to the following. (4 marks)
i) Pale
ii) Oar
iii) Crews
iv) Was
d) What would be the effect of mid-line pauses on the performance of the poem.
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions.
A freedom song(Solved)
Questions
a) Who is speaking in this poem? Give evidence.
b) In about 50 words what is the poem talking about?
c) If you were to read this poem to an audience, which words and lines would you emphasize?
d) How does Atieno change over the years?
e) From the poem identify.
i) A proper noun
ii) Three common noun
Date posted: October 9, 2019. Answers (1)
- (Solved)
Analyze the oral song below and answer the questions that follow.
WHEN I SEE THE BEAUTY ON MY BELOVED’S FACE
When I see the beauty on my beloved’s face,
I throw away the food in my hand;
Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
The beauty on my beloved’s face.
Her neck is long, when I see it cannot
Sleep one wink
Oh, the daughter of my mother-in-law,
Her neck is like the shaft of a spear.
When I touch the tattoos on her back,
I die;
Oh, sister of the young man, listen;
The tattoo on my beloved’s back.
When I see the gap in my beloved’s teeth,
Her teeth are white like dry season simsim;
Oh, daughter of my father-in-law, listen;
The gap in my beloved’s teeth.
The daughter of the bull confuses my head,
I have to marry her;
True, sister of the young man, listen;
The suppleness of my beloved’s waist.
i) How has rhythm been achieved in this oral song?
ii) Explain how you would perform this oral song.
iii) What tone will you adopt when singing this song?
Date posted: October 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and then answer questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer questions that follow.
(a) Who is the speaker in this poem?
(b) Describe what the poem above is about.
(c) Identify three instances of similes in the poem.
(d) Give this poem a suitable title.
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
i). Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem.
ii).Identify any two sound patterns used in the poem above.
iii). How would you perform the last line of the poem?
iv). Which words would you stress in the first line?
Date posted: September 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
I wonder by the edge
Of this desolate lake
Where wind cries in the sledge
Until the axle break
That keeps the stars in their round
And hands hurt in the deep
The banners of east and west
And the girdle of light is unbound,
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep
(i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem.
(ii) Identify and illustrate any two sound pattern used in the poem.
(iii) How would you say the last two lines of the poem?
(iv) Give homophones for the following words used in the poem (2mks)
Wonder –
Break-
Date posted: September 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow. (Solved)
Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.
There, I've got you,
I've got you . . . Crack, crack,
what a louse. It bit me,
what a louse. . . It bit me,
what a louse!
(From: Oral literature in Africa, by Ruth Finnegan)
i) Explain how rhythm is achieved in this poem
ii) How would you perform the above poem to make it enjoyable?
iii) Identify the words that you would stress in line 3, and explain why.
Date posted: September 11, 2019. Answers (1)
- READ THE FOLLOWING POEM AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW .(Solved)
READ THE FOLLOWING POEM AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW .
The light of the whole being,
The illuminator of my very self,
In your presence darkness exists no longer,
You make me feel bright and shining all over,
Oh! My moon.
My moon is still not yet fully full,
My moon is three-quarter full,
Still becoming what it will be,
But the brightness of my moon surpasses all other moons,
Oh! My moon.
My moon is uncomparable,
My moon has possession of the natural beauty,
The sight of my moon makes hearts stop a beat or melts hearts’
The smile of my moon makes the whole of my being hot and boiling,
Oh! My moon.
My moon when will you become a full moon?
I have waited long enough and my patience is fading away,
I may end up devouring my moon before it is fully ripe,
My moon my moon without you then I am not;
Oh! My moon
From when I wake I think only of you my moon,
At noon you are still dwelling in my mind,
In the evening I die just to see you,
And in the dark night I am restless and sleep never comes,
Oh! My moon.
By NYagilo. C
QUESTIONS
a) I) classify the poem.
II) What does the term moon refer to.
b) What do you think the persona means when he says that his moon three quarters full?
c) Give the character traits of the persona.
d) Identify any other words the poet uses to refer to the moon?
e) State how the moon affects the persona’s mind at different times.
f) Which aspects of style has the poet employed?
g) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the poem.
I) Devouring
II) Surpasses
Date posted: September 11, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the incomplete poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the incomplete poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
A million stars up in the.......
One shines brighter-I can’t deny.
A love so precious, a love so...........
A love that comes from me to you.
The angels sings when you are near.
Within your arms I have nothing to.....
You always know just what to say
Just talking to you makes my..........
I love you, honey, with all my heart
Together forever and never to.............
i) If the rhyme scheme is aa,bb,cc,dd,ee, fill the gaps with the most suitable words . use one word in each space.
ii) How would you say the second last line of this poem?
iii) It is also concluded by the audience after the recitation that the recitor is anxious. Suggest four signs that could have led to this conclusion.
Date posted: September 11, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Make me a grave whate’er you will,
In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill,
Make it among earth’s humblest graves’
But not in a land where men are slaves.
I could not rest if around my grave
I heard the steps of a trembling slave,
His shadow above my silent tomb
Would make it a place of fearful gloom.
I could not rest if I heard the tread
Of a gang to the shambles led.
And the mother’s shriek of wild despair
Rise like a curse on the trembling air.
(i) Show the rhyme scheme of the poem and describe it.
(ii) What features would you employ when reciting the above poem before the audience?
(iii) Mention two ways in which you would know that your audience is fully participating during the recitation of the above poem.
(iv) Which words would you stress in the last line of the above poem and why?
Date posted: September 11, 2019. Answers (1)