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  • Read the oral poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the oral poem below and then answer the questions that follow. THEY ARE ASKING FOR HER ALL OVER They are asking her all over Have you seen our girl Has anybody come across Ciagitune? The parents, the village mates and the clan elders They are searching for her Has anyone seen our daughter? She is lost. Some are saying that she went Through the path to Mombasa She was measured a dress at Chogoria And the others at Kagoco A girl has been taken away. The daughters of Mbeere land you have no behavior Have you ever heard someone Selling herself Being picked with saliva like a flea! A big person yet not mature in deeds Big - for nothing girl! a)Explain the kind of audience for this song. b)i)Briefly outline what has happened to Ciagitune. ii)Identify the various parties concerned about Ciagitune's contact. c)Identify and illustrate any three literary devices which make this composition an oral poem. d)Comment on the approach of the community to individual conduct. e)Explain the meaning of "being picked with saliva like a flea"

    Date posted: March 11, 2020.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. I FORGIVE YOU NYASAE By Tende Matende I forgive you Nyasae For creating me When the once stretching fields Have been turned into skyscrapers` and The silvery water turned black with factory waste Nyasae, I forgive you For creating me When the smile of moon and the glitter of the stars Have been blurred by floodlights and neon lights. I forgive you Nyasae For denying me chance To dance the throb of ngoma, ngoma dance in the open field. Nyasae I forgive you For creating me When beautiful black girls With soprano voices Have become yellow with patches and blots I forgive you Nyasae For inviting me into the world When the bull's flesh has been eaten To lick the bones for a minutes satisfaction a) (i)Who do you think Nyasae is? (ii)What is he guilty of ? b)What does the poet mean by: .............have become yellow with patches and blots? c)How do the last two lines of the poem summarize what the poem is really about? d)Identify two stylistic devises used in this poem e)Comment on the tone of the poem f)I forgive you Nyasae.(Add a question tag)

    Date posted: March 11, 2020.  

  • Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

    Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. INTRODUCTION By Richard Ntiru Perhaps it was his Ugil Shirt The missing button The unassertive collar; Perhaps it was his knotty hair That boosted little acquaintance with the comb; Or maybe it was his usualness -One more impersonal handshake Along the constant street- That induced the functional smile And operated the mechanical handshake.His name didn't help either: Mugabo Mugenge - you'd hear the name In the out - patients attendance queue; Not in the current Telephone Directory! You certainly needed prompting I said he was an old time friend But you continued to wave to passing cars; I added that he was a high placed man And you promptly took your cue -"A university teacher,author of several works"- "Re-e-e-lly? Er- Um- oh!......" And you became word and emotion perefct. Like a dog that mistakes thief for a visitor And remembers to bark at its masters coughing, You renewed and pumped the handshake -Reshaped your mouth to a proper smile -Recalled his famous public talk That you had regretfully missed.......... And observed, thoughtfully, How unlike his photographs he looked You were tuned- Delved deep into his his latest novel And wondered why his main characters Do not walk on the solid earth And fail to effect living communication You'd have rumbled on, no longer looking at him,But he quipped: "They are in god company." And was about to add, when you knowledgeably Interrupted, "Society is a market stall And men goods on display Where the label is more important than the labelled And the price more fascinating than the value." And the price more fascinating than the value." We parted hoping to meet again. You went away rehearsing his name But probably unremembering his face. a)What happens in this poem? b)Explain i)".................boasted little acquaintance with the comb". ii)"..........mechanical handshake." c)Identify two stylistic character traits of "you" d)Identify two stylistic devices used in this poem. e)Explain how the following lines summarize the main message of the poem. "society is a market stall And men goods on display Where the label is more important than the labelled.And the price more fascinating than the value." f)What is the persona's attitude to the "you"

    Date posted: March 11, 2020.  

  • Read the song below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the song below and answer the questions that follow. Tswi - tswiri! I the person, I suspect! What have you heard that makes you suspicious? I heard things said,rumours of weaver birds; They hate corn in Lesiba's field and finished it. And when they left they sounded hummm- They said , "Listen to the numerous weaver birds, Sons of Mosima's family, Children of the horse that ate the courtyards and the times. It is the numerous weaver birds, The grey ones that go about in swarms, Children with the little red beaks, Children that make a noise in the mimosa trees. Tupu - tupu! The smoke comes out while the dew still glitters Howaa! Sweaa! - is heard in the early morning They are finishing the corn, the numerous weaver birds, Children with the little red beaks. At home it is yo! yo! The children are crying, Their mothers have gone to the fields to the birds, It is the Zulus that have entered the country. Take axes and lop the tree branches, Yo! This year we shall eat fire, We shall lack even a blue - tongued goat! It is numerous weaver birds, the grey ones that go about in swarms. a)Classify this song? b) i)Identify two ideophones used in this song and state what makes the sound in each case. ii)Identify and illustrate two other stylistic devices used in the song. c)How are the weaver birds portrayed in the song. d) i)Which phrase shows the people will suffer if the birds keep eating their crop? ii)Other than causing food shortage, what other suffering do the weaver birds cause? e)What is the singer's attitude to the Zulu? f)Take axes and lop the tree branches.(replace the underlined word with a synonym.

    Date posted: March 10, 2020.  

  • Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. The function by Richard Ntiru This was her fourth function. I will see her, Unreturning the erect chauffeur's grin, adjusting eyes behind sunglasses, glancing unseeingly at her dazzling wrist, Checking quickly with the goddess of status -and breathing the sigh of a soul sagging under the common grief. Her heartfelt symphathy to the crippled she read to the able - bodied audience, urging the victims to build the nation with more and more economic products "like these you've given me". As the tape - cutting fingers rise with the solemn delicacy of a surgeon, her well- protected photogenic gaze eludes the flattered wooden gapes and the tape misses the scissors A crammed schedule curtails her pleasure. A bouquet charmed her sight and she uncovered her eyes to confront beauty with beauty. Suddenly she noticed the shrivelled,contorted form behind the beauty of flowers and collapsed into a heap a)Recount what happens in this poem b)Why is the woman wearing sunglasses? c)What is implied by the following? i)...glancing unseeingly at her dazzling wrist ii)A crammed schedule curtailed her pleasure d)i)Who is the persona in this poem? ii)What is the person's attitude towards the woman in the poem? e)Discuss two instances of irony in this poem. f)A bouquet charmed her sight.(Rewrite in the passive)

    Date posted: March 10, 2020.  

  • Read the song below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the song below and answer the questions that follow. Let the enemy come, ah They came with guns, From the West, Look, look,look There they arrive, They attacked us in our land, They attacked us at Kivachenje, In our land at Chevambe, We fought and we were arrested, ah There our war started,ah It was Ngutoka, son of Watila, Kituyi, son of Namuyonga, ah With youthful zest and energy, They fought them, ah, They defended our people They fought Like Wabomba son of Kalenda, The brother of Nasurutia, ah Our peoeple's secrets vexes the herat Ah,vexes the heart Clansmen, There was a traitor from Wanga, ah, Murunga was his name There was a traitor from Wanga, ah, Murungi was his name There was a traitor from Wanga,ah Mumia, son of Shikundu Oh,fam is a curse Wangamati son of Wawire, Circumsiced in 1840's,ah He fought at Bhukolo We fouht, ah With their machine guns from the west, We fought them Ah,we fought them. a)What type of song is this? b)What is the singer's attitude towards i)The heroes ii)The enemy c)Identify and illustrate two features common to oral songs in this song. d)State and illustrate two element of culture of the singer's people. e)Explain one thing that this community abhors f)Write a synonym for each of the following words. i)Zest ii)Revealing

    Date posted: March 10, 2020.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. DEMOLITION by K.E Kasu High up in his cabin Hard - hatred Gloved hands, Extensions of levers, The driver- Unseeing Down there The woman Pleading And dragging out Boxes Bedding Babies And the blade chews up her meagre shelter Scrapes away the heartstones Leaving a nice smooth surface High up in the cabin He could not perhaps Have heard her please Above the din of machine Could not possibly have seen her Through the thick goggle darkness, Small as she was Or was busy perhaps Thinking About his family of five Boxed in one room Council house Not far off a)Waht is the poem about? b)Identify and illustrate two sound patterns in the poem. c)What is the effect of repeating the words 'nice smooth surface'? d)Identify the irony in the poem. e)Pick out an instance of personification and comment on its effectiveness. f)Explain the mood of the poem. g)Identify one theme from the poem.

    Date posted: March 9, 2020.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. SENIOR STAFF CLUB by A.I.LUVAI Super - revolutionary mouths Drop In between puffs of cigarettes Water - tight truths. The common man i.e Working man and woman To be exact- Must be helped by us To wake to their oppressed status We must raise the masses' consciousnesses! But - gesturing left hand hands In between Drop vampire BAT butts on the floor Swept daily by women Faceless and nameless In the help- self places Nani, wee, and ai - sei Clear the directionless mess Splashed by the directional Here,too,in beery bowls They find floating yellowed butts The tail -ends of bitter truths (Adapted from Boundless voices edited by Arthur I Luvai a)What is the poem about.? b)Who do you think are the super - revolutionary mouths in line 1 c)What is the irony in the poem? d)A part from irony identify and illustrate two more features of style used in the poem. e)How does the poet feel about the peoplke he describes in line 1? f)Why do you think the poet refers to the women sweepers as faceless and nameless? g)Describe the tone of the poem. h)Give the meaning of these words as used in the poem. i)water - tight ii)beery iii) oppressed

    Date posted: March 9, 2020.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. ILLEGAL BREW by Dr Noah Ndosi He was a man of favoured health whose speech was clarity a successful player in the mysterious game of fluctuating life The beginning was only a few sips; but each time he hit the fullness of bulging calabashes Time pulled on ; His head entered a pot adn remained firmly stuck in; his head flooding with intoxicating currents of alcohol, he is now the last to leave the beer markets. Despite floods of warnings from families and friends, he firmly transplanted his young life on the lip burning illegal brew Of late, his bowels have become visibly distended; his breathe short and shallow he also drags thickly swollen limbs. Beyond despair, he sees the leveller coming to add him to a list like some heedless neihgbour who perished the same way. a)What is the poem about? b)Explain how the victim got hooked to alcoholism c)What are the effects of illegal alcohol to the victim's body? d)Identify an instances of contrast in the poem. e)What is the writer's attitude towards the subject matter in the poem? f)Identify the tone of the poem g)Give the meaning of these words as used in the poem. i)fluctuating ii)bulging iii)leveller

    Date posted: March 9, 2020.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. When I see the beauty inon my beloved's face by Okot P' Bitek 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 I cannot sleep one wink; Oh, the daughter of my mother- in -law Her neck is like the shaft of the spear. When I touch the tattos on her back; I die; Oh, sister of the young man, listen; The tattoos on my beloved's back. When I see the gap on my beloveds teeth Her teeth are white like dry season simsim; Oh, daughter of my father in law, listen, The gap on 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)Identify the speaker b) Identify and illustrate three poetic devices used by the poet c)Pick out 3 that the people fro where the poem is set use to define beauty in women. d)What solution does the speaker have to resolve the crisis he is in? e)What is the effect of repetition in the poem? f)Give the meaning of these words as used in the poem. i)shaft ii)suppleness

    Date posted: March 9, 2020.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. tapt124310142019.png 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.  

  • Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. POEM120010412019.png 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.  

  • 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.  

  • Read the poem below and answer the questions. A freedom song(Solved)

    atieno9041092019.png yo9051092019.png 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.  

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    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.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer questions that follow. poen.png (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.  

  • Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)

    Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow. poem1.png 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.  

  • 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.