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POETRY(20MARKS)
Readt
hefol
lowi
ngpoemandt
henans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
I
ntheci
ty
Al
lmovi
ngtheLor
dknowswher
e,
Dres s
edi ns ui
tsandt at
ter
s,
Bowt i
es ,tights,ochredsheetsandear
rings
,
Al
lt hinkingoft hingstocome,
Af
ricai si nas tat
eofoppor t
unit
y,
Al
llookf oreas ychances.
Ofself
-upli
ft
mentorundeser
vedpromot
ion
Thatoft
enmi ragef
urt
herandfur
ther
Makingfrust
rate
Mindsthatshouldbecont
ent
I
tisat
imeofoppor
tuni
ty-
Whenonel i
nemakesapoet
Andalitt
leacquai
ntanceorchance
Rocket
sonet othehighestof
fi
ce
Butt hepeasant
,thepi l
larofthenati
on,
Hasonl ytocopewi t
hpr icesthatshi
ft
Liket hewavesthatrockt heship
carryingyel
lowmaizet ot hecit
y.
Theemployedcal
loutstri
kes
Thatonl
ydeplet
et hel
it
tl
ef unds
Thatmayreli
evethepeasant-
Theel
derbrotherkeepstheyoungeri
nhunger
Athome,i
fthere’sany,
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Thechildpl
ayswit
hanemptybott
le,
Cri
esformoremi l
k
Whent hecosti
sdail
yont
herise
Whi l
et hei ncomesr emai ns tati
c
Andt hehi gherbr ack etsar edai l
yf i
ll
ed
Byyout hst hatwi l
lnotr et i
re
Withint hiscent ury.
Thechi l
dl aughsgai l
y,
Displayingi tsonl yfourt eeth
Thats howi tgr owst oeat ,
Unawar eofal lthats hapesherdecade
Adapt edf rom apoem byJosephG.Mut i
ga
a)Whoi st heper sonai nt hepoem ? (2mar ks)
b)Br i
ef l
ydes cribewhatt hepoem i sabout . (
3mar ks
)
c)Expl ainthes ignificanceoft hefirstlineinthepoem. (
2
mar ks)
d) I dent if
yt heas pectofs t
yleus edi ns t
anzas i
xands howitseff
ect
iveness.
(3mar ks )
e)Des cr i
bet heki ndofs ociet
ypr esent edinthispoem. (
2
mar ks)
f) Whati st het oneoft hepoem ?Suppor tyouranswer. (
3
mar ks)
g)I dent i
fyanddi scus st heus eofs ar casmint hesecond-l
astst
anza. (
3
mar ks)
h)Expl ainthemeani ngoft hefoll
owi ngl i
nesint hepoem. (
2mar ks
)
i) Africai sinas tateofoppor tunity
ii
)Thepi ll
aroft henat ion
Readt
hepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
(
20mar ks
)
Youembar rassme…
Mwananchi
Whydoyouembar ras
smewi thyourques
tions
AboutthenewMer cedesIbought
Thelargefarm Iown
Thehous es,thewives,
Aninfl
ateds t
omach!
Mwananchi
Whydoyout hreat
enmewi t
hyourt
hreat
s
Thethr
eatsinyourbl
oods
hoteyes
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Fixedl
ypointedatmewher everIgo
Likeifyouarer eady
Tor el
easethear rowthatwilldef
lat
eme
Intonothi
ngnes s;
Event hewatchmen,t hedogs ,t
hepoli
ce
Ar eal
lnotenought oprot
ectme
From yourincreasingshout
st oprot
est
Againstmygoodj udgement;
Mwananchi
Haveyoufor
got
tenhowyoulovedme
Andgavemeyourvote
ThatImaybeyourmaninparl
iament
?
NowthatIhavethepower
Iwi
llmendyourconfusedsenses
Andkeepyouinpr i
son
Unt
ilyouseemeasyourl eaderagai
n
Andkeepthosebloods
hoteyesawayf r
om me
Iwi
llchar
gelikeanangryl i
on
Andscareyououtofyourwi ts
Unt
ill
ikeafri
ghteneddog,
Youkeepyourheadf or
ever…
EverettM.Standa
a. I denti
fythepersonaint hepoem. (
2mar ks
)
b. Whati sthemes sageoft hepoem? (
4mar ks)
c. Identi
fyandcommentonanyt woas pect
sofstyl
einthepoem. (
6
marks)
d. Des cr
ibethetoneoft hepoem. (2marks
)
e. I denti
fyandil
lI
ustrat
et wochar act
ertrai
tsofMwananchi
. (
4
marks)
f. Explai
nthemeani ngoft hefol
lowingwordsandphrasesasusedi
nthepoem.
(
2mar ks
)
i)Inf
latedstomach
ii
)Scar eyououtofyourwi t
s .
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Readt
hepoem bel
owandanswert
hequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow.
(20mks)
SongofAgony
Iputonacl
eans
hir
t
Andgot
owor
k
Whi
chofus
Whi
chofuswi
llcomeback?
F
ourandt
went
ymoons
Nots
eei
ngwomen
Nots
eei
ngmyhand
Whi
chofus
Whi
chofuswi
lldi
e?
Iputonacl
eans
hir
t
Andgot
owor
kmycont
ract
Towor
kfaraway
Igobeyondt
hemount
ain
I
ntot
hebus
h
Wher
ether
oadsend
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Andt
her
iver
srundr
y
Whi
chof us
Whi
chofuswi
llcomeback?
Whi
chofus
Whi
chofuswi
lldi
e?
Ques
tions
a) Whoi st heper sonainthepoem?Expl ai

n. (
2
mar
ks)
b) Br i
efl
ydis cus
st hes ubj
ectmat terinthi
spoem. (
3
mar
ks)
c) I
denti
fytwos t
ylis
ticdevicesint hepoem andshowthei
ref
fect
ivenes
s. (
4
mar
ks)
d) Showhowt heper sonaandt heot her
ss uf
feri
nthepoem.I
ll
ustrat
eyourans
wer.
(
4marks)
e) Whati st hedomi nantmoodi nt hepoem? (
2
mar
ks)
f) I
sthet i
tleofthispoem s uit
able?Explai
n (
3
mar
ks)
I
dent
if
yandexpl
ainoneeconomi
cact
ivi
typr
act
icedbyt
heper
sona’
scommuni
ty.
Readt
hepoem bel
owt
henanswert
hequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow
THENECKLACE
From adistance
Fearf
ulofinchinganyfur t
her,
Acolds weatt ri
ckl
edrivulets
,
Makingmes hiveratnoon.
Undari
ngt oappr oachthef or
m
Itwasoveri nmi nutes,

Thenec essiti
esofexecutionavail
ed,
Thef i
rest
onet yre,
Petr
oli nblackenedt i
n,
Andi gni
tesinnumer oushands
Eachpar t
ici
pantr eadyandanxious,
Tos etthemanaf l
ame.
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Asthes moulderi
ngf or m bl
ackened,
Smellofsizzl
ingfl
eshf i
ll
ingintheai
r
Pi
ercingthenos t
ri
ls,
Andchokingmebr eat hl
es s
,
Iwatchedinwonder ,
Wit
nes stoanunwr it
t enlaw.
Ast hecr owddi spersed,

Thehaggl i
ngandbar gai ni
ngr esumed,
Buying,s ell
ingandcheat i
ng,
Asmeni nuni f
orm ar rived,
Bear i
ngawayt hechar redremai ns
Ques tions
a)Howr elevanti st het itl
eoft hepoem above? (2marks)
b)Des cr i
bet hechar acteroft heexecut i
onis
ts inthepoem (
2
marks )
c)Whatwasneededt ocar ryouttheexecution? (3marks
)
d)Expl aint hedi ff
er encei nt heus eofthewor d“for
m”i nst
anzaoneands tanzat
hree
(2mar ks)
e)( i
)Whoi stheper sona? (
1mark)
(i
i)Whatdet erst heper sonafrom getti
ngclosertothesceneofact
ion?
(1mar k)
f) Explaint hemeani ngoft hefol
lowingphrasesasus edinthepoem
(3mar ks)
i) Smel lofs i
zzlingf lesh
ii
)Eachpar ticipantr eadyandanxi ous
ii
i) Wi tnes sedt oanunwr i
tt
enl aw
g)Whatmoodi spor tr
ayedi nthepoem? (
2mar ks)
h)Par aphr as ethel as tstanza (
4mar ks)
Readthepoem bel
owandanswer
sthequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow(
20MARKS)
WEDDINGEVE
Shoul
dI
OrshouldInot
Taketheoatht
olove
Forever
Thi
spersonIknowl
it
tl
eabout
?
Doessheloveme
Ormycar
Ormyfut
ure
Whi
chIknowli
tt
leabout
?
Wi
llshecont
inuetol
oveme
Whenthefut
ureshesawi
nme
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Crumblesandfadesint
onot
hing
Leavi
ngthenakedme
Tolovewithouthope?
Wil
lthats mil
es hewears
Las
tthr oughthehazardstocome
Whenf atestr
ikes
Acr
osst hedreamsoft omorr
ow?
Li
kethecl
everpassengeri
naf aul
typl
ane,
Wearherl
if
ejacket
Andjumpouttosaveherli
fe
Leavi
ngmecrushintotheunknown?
Whatmagi ccanIus e
Toseewhatl iesbeneath
Herangelfaceandwel lkni
thai
r
Toseeherhopesanddr eams
Bef
oreIt akeanoath
Toloveforever?
Wearebothwisechessplayers
Shemakesamove
Imakeamove
Andwetrapeachotherinours ecr
etdr
eams
Hopi
ngtowinagai
ns teachother
Ever
ettSt
anda
QUESTION
1. Commentont heti
tleofthispoem. 3mar
ks
2. Expl ai
nthedilemmaofs peakerint hefir
sts t
anza. 2
marks
3. Whati sthes
peaker ’
satti
tudetowar dstheirrelat
ionshi
p?
4. Di scussandil
lust
ratetwocharactert r
ait
soft heper s
ona. 4
marks
5. Commentont heimageryofthepl ane. 3mar
ks
6. Expl ai
nhowt herelat
ionshi
piscompar edtoagameofches s
.
3marks
7. Expl ai
nthemeaningoft hefoll
owingl i
ne:leavingthenakedme.
3marks
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Readt
hepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
(20mar
ks)
Theinmat es
Huddledtoget her
Coldbiti
ngt heirbones
Teethchat t
er i
ngf r
om thechi
ll
,
Theairoppr es si
ve,
Thes melloffensive
Theys i
tandt heyrefl
ect
Theroom s el
fcont
ained
Atthecornerthe‘gents’invi
tes
Wit
ht henicefragr
anceofammoni a,
Andfreshhumandung,
Thefres
hi nmatessitthought
ful
ly
Vermi nperform aguar dofhonour

Saluti
nghi m withabi t
eher e
Andabi t
et here
‘Welcomet othewor l
d,theys eem tosay’
Thes teellockoft hedoor
Thewal lsinsurmount able
Andt heonet orchingtortuousbulb
Starevacant l
yathi m
Slowlyher eflectsaboutt heconsignment
Thatgavebi r
tht ohisconf i
nement
Lockedi nforconductr ef
inement
Ther easont heyputhi mi nprison
Theclockti
cks
Buttooslowly
Fi
veyearswi l
lbealongti
me
Doomedi nthedungeon
I
nt hi
shellofacel
l
a)Whoi st hepersonaint hepoem? (1mark)

b)Briefl
yexplai
nwhatt hepoem i sabout. (2mar ks
)
c)Identi
fyandill
ust r
ate t hreeaspectsofs tyl
einthepoem. (
6
mar ks)
d)Giveevidencefrom thepoem whi chindicatest
heinmatesar
esuf
fer
ing.
(3mar ks)
e)Whyi sthef r
eshi nmatei npri
son? (2mar ks
)
f)Identi
fyandexpl aint
hemoodoft henewconvi ct. (2mar ks
)
g)Explai
nt hemeani ngoft hefol
lowinglinesasus edint
hepoem.
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i
) Thatgavebi rt
ht ohisconfi
nement (
1mark)
i
i) Theroom isselfcont
ained (
1mark)
h)Whatdoesthesteellocki
nt hedoorandt
hei
nsur
mount
abl
ewal
lss
ugges
t?
(2marks)
Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpoem andt
henans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
TheCour
ageThatMyMot
herHad
Thecouraget hatmymot herhad
Wentwi t
hher ,andi swithhers ti
ll
;
RockandNewEngl andquarri
ed;
Nowgr ani
tei nagr anit
ehill
.
Thegoldenbr oochmymot herwor e
Sheleftbehindformet owear ;
IhavenothingIt reasuremore;
Yet,i
tissomet hingIcoulds pare.
Oh,ifinsteads he’dlefttome
Thet hingshet ookintot hegr avel!
Thecour agelikear ock,whi chs he
Hasnomor eneedof ,andIhave.
(Had–EdnaSt .VincentMi l
lay)
a)Br iefl
yexplainhowt hepoem i sabout . (
4
marks )
b)Ist hes peakermal eorf emal e?Howdoyouknow? (
2
marks )
c)Whatdoest hes peakerwi sht hemot herhadl ef
tbehi
nd?Whycan’tthewishbe
ful
fi
ll
ed? (
3
marks )
d)Des cri
bethechar actert raitoft hemot herinthepoem. (
2
marks )
e)Ident i
fyandi ll
ustr
atet hei mager yusedi nthepoem. (
4
marks )
f) Whati sthes peaker’sattitudet owardst hemotherandthegol
denbroochi
nthepoem.
(3mar ks)
g)Rewr i
tethef ol
lowingi nyourownwor ds : (
2
marks )
“Hasnomor eneedof ,andIhave”
Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpoem andt
henans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
THEPAUPER.
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Pauper,pauper ,crani
ngyoureyes
I
nal ldi
rections,innodirect
ion!
Whatbr ut
alf orce,mali
gnantelement
,
Daredtof orgeyourpi t
eousfate?
Wasi twor t
ht heeffor
t,theti
me?
Youli
mplyleanonal eaf
les
st r
ee
Nursi
ngthejigger
st hatshri
velyourbot
tom
Li
kebabynewl ybornt oanoldwoman.
Whatcri
me,whatt reasondidyoucommi t
Thatyouar
et huscondemnedt ohumanindi
ff
erence?
Andwhenyout rudgeont hehornypads ,

Gull
iedli
kethesolesofmoderns hoes ,
Padsthatevenji
ggerscannotconquer ;
DoesHeadmi reyoursenseofendur ance
Orturnhisheadawayfrom yourimpr udentpr
esence?
Yousitaloneonhairl
essgoatskins,
Yourribsandbonesreflect
ingthelight
Thatbeautif
ulcar
srefl
ectonyou,
Squashingli
kebetweenyournai l
s.
Andcleaningyournai
lswi t
hdrys al
iva.
AndwhenHel ooksatthegr i
mycoating
Cakingoffyouremaciateds ki
n,
Attherustthatuprootsallyourteet
h
Li
keapi ckonas tonypi eceofland,
DoesHepathi spaunchatt hewonder f
uls
ight
?
Pauper ,pauper ,cr ouchingi nbeaut i

fulver andas
Ofbeaut ifulci
tiesandbeaut if
ulpeopl e,
Tour i
stsandIwi lltakeyours naps hots,
AndyourM. P.wi thas hiningheadandt ri
plechin
Wi l
lmour nyourf atei nas upplement aryques ti
onsatquesti
ontime.
(Adapt edfrom poemsf rom EastAf r
ica,byCookandRubadi riEDS)
i)I dentif
yt heper sonai nt hepoem above.
(2mar k s
)
ii)Whatevi dencef rom thepoem s ugges tthatthes ubj
ecti
spoor? (4
mar ks)
iii
)Commentont hewr i
ter'sus eofi mager yins tanzatwo. (3
mar ks)
iv)Apar tfr
om t hei mager yi ndentif
iedin( iii
)above,di s
cussanytwoot hers
tyl
ist
icdevi
ces
empl oyedi nthepoem.( 4mar ks)
v)Whati st heper sona' sattit
udet owar dst heM. P. (2marks)
vi)Discussonet hemebr oughtouti nthepoem. (2marks)
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i)Expl
ainthemeaningofthef
oll
owi
ngwordsandexpr
ess
ionasus
edi
nthepoem.
(3mar ks)
a)Emaci at
ed.
b)Crouching.
c)Gulli
edl i
kethesol
esofmoder
nshoes.
ORALLITERARY
Readthefol
lowi
ngpoem andans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
DEATHISAWI TCH
Sol
o: Ah,whats hallIdo,Abul uhya?
It’
swr ong
Chorus: TodayIwi lls ay
Deathi sawi tch,mypeopl e
Itsnatchedmychi l
d
Iwillremainal one
Sol
o: Ahwhats hallIr eall
ydo,Abuluhyai t
sverywrong
Itsnatchedmychi l
d
Iwillweedal ong
Sol
o: Ah,whats hallIr eal
lydo,Abuluhyait’
swrong
Itsnatchedmychi l
d
Iwilldanceal one
Sol
o: Mychi l
d,myf riend,Icrywhats hallIdo?Icr
y
Whats hal
lIdo?Icr yx2
a)Clas
sif
ytheaboveor alpoem gi
vingr easons. (
2mar ks)
b)Whatisthes i
nger’satti
tudetowar dsdeath? (
2mar ks)
c)Whattwot hi
ngsar elostwhent hissongi swri
ttendown?Usesui
tabl
eil
lus
trat
ionsfr
om
thesongtos upportyouranswer .
(4marks)
d)I
dentif
yonechar actertrai
tofdeathbr oughtoutinthi
spoem. (
2mar ks)
e)Withil
lus
trat
ions,identi
fysoci
al-economicactivi
ti
esofthecommunit
yfr
om whichthis
songisdrawn.( 4mar ks
Readt hepoem bel

owandanswert
hequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow.
OUT-
CAST
Theymetbyaccident
Hepr opos
edtheidea
Shegavehercons ent
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Al
lthewayt
otheal
tar
Thecasualt
ywasmal e
Andhispigmentwaspale
Unl
ikehisall
egedsir
e
Whowasbl ackwit
hire
Therecoursewaslegit
imate
Hediscl
aimedresponsibi
li
ty
Sotheyhadt oseparat
e
Theboyr emai
nsill
egit
imate
Lastmont h,notlongago
Theybot ht ookthei
rgo
Coincidentall
ybyaccident
Nowi ll
,noes t
ate
Nothingtoi nheri
t
Thepoorboyishardlyten
Andknowsnonext -
of-ki
n
Heroamsthes t
reet
soft own
Li
keawind-sownout-cast
G.Gat
hemi
a
a) Br iefl
yexpl ai
nwhatt hepoem i sabout. (
4mar
ks)
b) Des cri
bet wochar acterstraitsofthemot herint
hepoem
(
4mar ks )
c) Explainthemeani ngoft hefollowingasus edint
hepoem. (
3
marks )
(
i)Di sclai
med.
(
ii
)Unl ikehisal l
egeds i
rewhowasbl ackwithir
e
d) I dentif
yandexpl ai
nonei nstanceofironyinthepoem (
3
marks )
e) Whati stheper s
ona’ satti
tudet owardstheboyinthepoem?
(3mar ks )
f) Rewr it
ethef oll
owi nginyourownwor ds. (
1mar
ks)
(
‘Theybot htookt heirgo’)
g) Gi veapr over bwhi chappr opriatel
ysummar i
zesthi
spoem. (
2
marks )
Readthefol
lowingoralpoem andanswert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
Af
terabriefst
ruggl
eIgotmys el
f
Ajob
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Myfoodwasmeatandbanana
f
lour
Ahundredcent
samonthand
soonIhadsomemoney.
Soonaft
erwar dsIboughtmys el
f
Abeauti
fulgirl
Myheartwast el
li
ngt i
met hi
s
wasafortune
Soheartyouwer edecei ving
meandIbel i
evedyou
OnaSat urdaymor ningasIwas
l
eavi
ngwor k
Iwasthi
nki ngIwasbei ng
awai
tedathome
Butonar r
ivalIcouldn’
tfindmybr i
de
Norwass hei nherparentshome

Iranfas
tt otheriverval
ley;
WhatIs awgavemeas hock.
Therewasmywi feconversi
ng
withherlovers.
Isatands il
entl
ywept .
Ireal
izedtherei snol uckint hisworld.
Peoplearen’ttrustworthyand
wil
lneverbe!
(
a) Pl acet hi
ss ongi nitsappr opri
ategenre. (2Marks)
(
b) St ateandi ll
us t
ratetwof unct i
onsofthissong. (4
Marks)
(
c) Whatevi dencei stheretos howt hatthi
sisanOr alPoem? (4
Marks)
(
d) Expl ainbriefl
ywhatt hepoem i sabout. (
2Marks)
(
e) Gi veanyt wochar actertrait
soft hesinger. (4Marks)
(
f) I denti
fyandi ll
us tr
atetwoec onomicactivi
ti
espracti
cedbythes
oci
etyi
nthesong.
(
4Mar ks)
Readt
hepoem belowandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
(20mar ks)
Theear thdoesnotgetfat.I
tmakesanend-
Ofthos ewhoweart heheadplumes
Wes hal
ldieontheearth.Theear
th
doesnotgetf at
.Itmakesanendoft hos
ewhoacts
wif
tl
yasher
oes
.
Shallwedieont heeart
h?
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Li
stenOear t
h.Wes hallmournbecauseofyou.
Li
stenOear t
h.Shal
lweal ldieontheearth?
Theeart
hdoesnotgetf at
.Itmakesanendof
Thechi
efs.Shal
lwedi eonear t
h?The
ear
thdoesnotgetfat.Itmakesanend
Ofthewomenchi ef
s.Shallwedieonearth?
Li
stenoear t
h.Wes hal
lmournbecauseofyou.
Li
stenOear t
h.Shallwealldi
eonearth?
Theearthdoesnotgetfat.I
tmakesanend
Ofthenobles.Theeart
hdoesnotgetfat
I
tmakesanendoft heroyalwomen.
Shallwedi
eonear th?
Theear thdoesnotgetf at.Itmakesanend

oft hecommonpeopl e.Shal lwedi eont heeart
h?
Theear thdoesnotgetf at.Itmakesanendofal lthebeast
s
Shal lwedi eont heear t
h?
Listenyouwhoar eas leep,whoar eleft
tightlycl osedi nt hel and.Shal lweal lsink
Intot heear t
h?Li s tenO
Eartht hes uni ss ettingt i
ghtly.Wes hal
lenterintotheeart
h.
Wes hallnotent eri ntot heear th.
(From:' TheHer itageOfAf r
icanPoet ry')
a) Whati sthepoem about ?
(3mks )
b)Whoi stheper sonai nt hepoem?
(2mks )
c)I dent if
yandi ll
ustrat eanyt wof eatur
esofs t
yle usedinthepoem?
(4mks )
d)Whati st het oneoft heper sonai nthepoem?
(2mks )
e)Whati nt hepoem s howst hatdeat hisindiscri
minateini
tsmanif
est
ati
ons?
(2mks )
f) Des cr i
bet hepol i
ticals et t
ingoft hecommuni tyfrom whi
chthepoem or
igi
nat
es.
(2mks )
g)Whati st hemoodoft hepoem?
(2mks )
h)Expl ainwhatt heexpr ess i
onsbel owmean:
(3mks )
i) Theear thdoesnotgetf at.
ii
)Thos ewhoweart heheadpl umes
ii
i) Ear t
ht hes uni ss etti
ngt ightl
y
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Readt hepoem belowandt henanswerthequesti

onthatf
oll
ow.
AFRICA
Afr
icamyAf ri
ca
Afr
icaofproudwar r
iorsi
nt heances
trals
avannah’
s
Afr
icamygr andmothersingsof
Besideherdistantr
iver
Ihavenevers eenyou.
Butmygazei sfullofyourbl
ood.
Yourbl acks pi
ltoverthefiel
d.
Thebl oodofyours weat
Thes weatofyourt oil
Thet oilofslavery
Thes laveryofyourc hil
dren.
Afr
ica,t el
lmeAf rica,
Areyout hebackt hatbends.
Li
esdownundert heweightofhumbl
enes
s?
Thet remblingbacks tri
ppedred.
Thatsaysyest othewhi psontheroadofnoon?

Solemnlyavoi ceans wersme
“I
mpet uouschild,thatyoungands t
urdytree.
Thattreet hatgrows.
Theres plendi
dlyaloneamongwhi teandfadedfl
owers
.
I
sAf ri
ca,yourAf ri
ca.Itputsf
ort
hnews hoots.
Wi t
hpat i
enceands t
ubbornnesspoutsf
orthnewsshoots
.
Slowlyitsfrui
tsgrowt ohave
Thatbittertast
eoff reedom.
1. Whoi st heper sona 2mks

2.Whati st hemes s ageoft hepoem? 3mks
3.Identifyanyt hrees tyl
ist
icdevicesusedint hepoem. 6mks
4.Whati st hetoneoft hepoem? 3mks
5.F rom theabovepoem,expl ainthemeaningoft hefoll
owingli
nes?
a)’ Butt hegazei sfullofyourblood.Yourbloods pi
ltovert
hefiel
d.’
1mk
b)’Afri
ca,myAf rica
Afri
caofpr oudwar riorsintheancestralSavannah’ 1
mk
6.Butmygazei sful lofyourblood. 1mk
(Addanappr opriat eques t
iontag)
7.Whati st hemeani ngoft hefoll
owingwords ? 3mks
i
) Sol emnl y
i
i)St urdy
i
ii)Toil
Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpoem andr
espondt
otheques
tionsappr
opr
iat
ely.
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THESMI
LINGORPHAN
Andwhens hepas
sedaway,
Theycame,
Kinsmencame,
Fri
endscame,
Everybodycametomournher.
Hospi
tal
izedforfi
vemont hs
Thewardwasherwor l
d
Fel
lowpatient
sherc ompatri
ots
Themeagerhos pit
alsupply-
her-
diet
Whens hewasdyi ng
Hers onwasonof fi
cialduty
Thes tatedemandedhi sservices
Heronl ydaught er,uneducat ed,
Satbyher
Crying,pr ayi
ngwai ti
ngf oranans wer
From Godf arabove
Wishing,s hes poket helanguage
Fi
gur esinwhi te-coatsdounder st
and
Theymat ched,thef i
guresdi d
Stif
f,numbanddeaf ,tothecr iesandwi
shes
Ofherdyi ngmot her
Asshewasdyi ng
Fr
iendsandkinsmenTALKEDofher
Howgood,howhel pful
: aver ypract
icalwoman
Nonereachedher:theywer etoobusy,therewawsnomoney,
Whowoul dlookaf
tertheirhomes?
Wasitsocrucialt
heirpresence?
Butwhens hepassedaway,t
heycame,
Kinsmencame,fri
endshi
redcarstocome,
Neighboursgat
heredtomournher,
Theyoughttobet her
e,t
obet her
eforthef
uner
al
Sot heyswore
Themour nerss hri

ekedoutcri
es
Astheyar r
ivedi nthebusycompoundoft
hedead.
Memor i
esofl ovedonesnomor e
Sti
mulatedtearsofmany.
Theycr
ieddut
if
ult
ear
sfort
hedeceas
ed
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Nowstret
chingt hei
rhandsallovert
ohel
p
Thedaughterlookedatthem
Wit
hdryeyes ,quiet,bl
ank
Themournerspi
nchedeachother
Shockedbythestone–hear
tedness
Ofthebe-or
phaned.
Shesat:wat
chi
ngthetear
ssoakthei
rgar
ment
s
Orinthesoi
lar
oundthem;wast
ed
Thatni
ght,s
hewentt oherl ove,
I
nt hef
reshl
ymadeemer gencygras
shut ,
Andletl
ooseallt
iesoftheConvectionalDressshewor
e
Submit
ti
ngtotheGr eatPower ,s
hewhi sper
ed:
‘Now……………….
YouandImus tknowNow………….
Tomor rowyoumi ghtneverunder
stand
Unablet olickmyt ears……………. .
Andt herewasl i
ght
I
nt hedar knessoft hehut
Whileout si
de
Themour nerscri
ed
Loudert hantheOr phan
ByGr
aceBi
rabwaI
shar
aza
Ques
tions
a)Whoistheper
sonai
nthepoem? (
2mar
ks)
Readt hefoll
owi ngpoem andr espondt
otheques
tionsappr
opr
iat
ely.
‘STILLIRISE’
Youmaywr i
temedowni nhist
ory
Wi t
hyourbi tt
er ,twi stedli
es,
Youmayt rodmei nt heverydirt
Buts ti
ll
,li
kedus t,I’l
lr i
se.
Doesmys assines sups etyou?
Whyar eyoubes etwi thgloom?
‘Caus eIwalklikeI ’vegotoi lwell
s’
Pumpi nginmyl ivingr oom.
Jus
tli
kemoonsandl
ikes
uns
,
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Withthecert
aini
tyoft
ides
Justl
ikehopesspri
ngi
nghigh,
Sti
llI
’l
lri
se.
Didyouwanttoseemebr oken?
Bowedheadandloweredeyes ?
Shoul
dersf
all
ingdownliket eardr
ops
.
Weakenedbymys oul
fulcries.
Doesmyhaught i
nes
sof f
endyou?
Don’
tyout akei
tawfulhard
‘
causeIlaughli
keI’
vegotgol dmi
nes
Di
ggin’i
nmyownbackyar d.
Youm,ays hootmewi t
hyourword
Youmaycutmewi thyoureyes,
Youmayki l
lmewi thyourhat
eful
nes
s,
Buts
til
l,l
ikeair,I
’l
lri
se.
Outoft hehur tsofhi story’ss hame

Irise
Upf r
om apas tt hat’sr ootedi npai n
Iraise
I’m abl ackocean,l eapingandwi de,
Wel li
ngands wel l
ingIbear
Int het ide
Leavi ngbehi ndni ghtsoft er r
orandf ear
Irise
Intoadaybr aket hati swondr ous lyclear
Irise
Bringi ngt hegi f
tst hatmy
Ances tor sgame,
Iam t hedr eam andt he
Hopeoft hes lave
Irise
Irise
Irise
Adapt edf rom:MayaAngel ous’STI LLIRI SE(1
978)
1.Withs uppor tfrom t hepoem,br iefl
yexpl ainwhatt
hepoem i sabout
. (
3
mar ks )
2.I
dent i
fyt hr eechal lengest hatt hes peakerinthepoem contendswit
h. (
3
mar ks )
3.Whati st heat ti
tudeoft hes peakert owardsthesechal
lenges? (
2
mar ks )
4.I
dent i
fyandi l
lustratef i
gur esofs peechf r
om thepoem above.Commentont
hei
r
effectivenes s. (4mar ks)
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5.Otherthanthes tyl
ein( 4)above,i dentif
yandi l
lustr
ateothert
wos t
yli
sti
cdevi
ces
employedbyt hepoet. (4mar ks)
6.Expl
ainthemeani ngoft hef ol
lowingphr asesast heyareusedinpoem.
(3marks)
a) ‘CauseIl aughI’
vegotgol dmi nes’
b) ‘Butsti
ll,li
kedust,I’l
lrise’.
c) Iam BlackOcean,l eapingandwi de.
7.Supplythefoll
owingsent encewi t
het hecor r
ectques t
iont
ag. (1mar
k)
Iam thedream andt hehopeoft hes lave.
Readt hef
oll
owingpoem andans wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
IWENTTOCHURCH.
Iwenttochurchtoday.
YesIwentandprayedf oral
l
Fr
iendsandfoesal i
ke.
Deadandthosealive.
Ial
sopr ayedhar d.
Forthes ouloft hats oldier
.
Whogots hort
.
Fi
ghtingf orourmot herland
Whil
eIs hothotl if
ei ntohiswi
fe.
AndIpr ayedt oGodt oo
ThatIli
vel ong
Togoandpr ayagai n
Questi
ons.
a) Whati sthepoem about ? (
4mar
ks)
b) I denti
fyandi l
lustr
ateanyt wochar actert
rai
tsofthespeaker
.
(4marks)
c)I
denti
fyandi l
lust
ratet hreepoeticdevicesusedinthepoem. (
6
marks)
d)Whatisthemeani ngoft hefol
lowingli
nesasus edinthepoem. (
2
marks)
i
) Whi l
eIs hothotl i
feintohiswife.
i
i)ThatIlivelongt ogoandpr ayagain.
e)i
) Whati sthetoneoft hepoem (
2mar
ks)
i
i)Explai
nt heover r
idingmoodoft hepoem. (2mar
ks)
1
. Readt
hepoem bel
owandt
henans
wert
heques
tiont
hatf
oll
ows
.
(
20mark)
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THEPRESS
SoWhatisthemountai
ndeal
?
Aboutthemini
ster’
sai
li
ngson
Thatmakesboil
ingnews?
Howcomei twasnotwhisper
ed?
WhenTina’
shospit
albedwascr awl
edwi
thmaggot
s
Andhereyesoozedpus
Becaus
ethedoctorsl
ackedgloves?
WhataboutKasaj
ja’
sonlychi
ld
Whodiedbecausethemanwi t
ht hekey
Totheoxygenroom wasonleave?
Ihaves eenqueues
Ofemaci atedmot hersclingingt o
Babieswi thtrans l
ucents kins
Faintinl i
ne
Andt hel iones sofanur se
Commandi ngt er sely
‘Getuporl i
vet hel i
ne’
Didn’tIheari tr umor edt hat
Themanwi t
ht hewhi temane
Usher edar apecas eoutofcour t
Becaus ethes evenyear-old
Fail
edt otes t
ify?
Anyway,Ionl yr emember edtheset hi
ngs
EhenIdr ink
Theyi ndeedt ips yexplosions.
SusanNal ugwaKi guli
Adopt edByf rom:Echoesacr ossthevall
ey.
Ques tions
a) I dent i
fyandexpl ainthes ocialevil
sdeal
twithi
nthepoem. (
6
mar ks)
b) Pi ckoutt hreepoet icdevicesevidentinthi
spoemandcommentont
hei
rsigni
fi
cance.
(
6mar ks )
c) Commentont hetoneoft hepoem. (2marks)
d) I st het i
tl
es ignifi
cant?Whyorwhynot ? (2marks)
e) Expl ai
nt hei r onyoft hepoem? (
2marks)
f) Expl ai
nt hemeani ngoft hef ol
lowingwords: (2mar ks
)
i) Crawl ed
ii
)Us hered
Readthepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow. (
20mar
ks)
TheirCi
ty
Cit
yi nt
hesun
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wi t
houtanywar mth
exceptf orwanaot os heka
andt het our i
stses caping
from civil
izedbor edom
Situndert heTr ee
anySat urdaymor ni ng
andwat cht henewAf ri
cans,
theanxi ousf aces
behindt hes t
eer i
ngwheel s
i
nhi repur chasecar s
seet hem l ookingi mpor t
ant
i
nat inycor ner
behindt hechauf f
eur
Wehaves eenthem
inanightmare,
thethi
cksetdirect
ors
ofseveralcompanies
;
wehaves eenthem
str
uggli
ngundert heweight
ofaheavyl unch
onaMondayaf ter
noon
cutt
ingat ape
toopenabui ldi
ng,
wehaves eent hem
l
ookingovert hei r
gold-
rimmedgl asses
toreadas peech
Andint hes mal lhour s
betweenonedayandt henext
wehaves trolledt hrough
thedes er
teds t
reets
ands eens trangef i
gures
underbougai nvil
leabus hes
intr
affi
ci sl
ands
fi
gureshar dl
yhuman
snori
ngawayi nto
thecoldwi ndsofthenight
;
desperatelydyingtoli
ve.
(LennardOkola)
Ques t
ions.
a)Whoi st hepersonainthepoem? (
2mar
ks)
b)Expl
ainwhatt hepoem isabout. (
3mar
ks)
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c)Whati sachi evedbyr epet i

ti
onof“ Wehaves eenthem”? (
2
mar ks)
d)I dentif
yandexpl ai
nt wot hematicconcernsofthepoet. (
4
mar ks)
e)Whyar ethe“ newAf ricans”s ai
dtohaveanxiousfaces? (
2
mar ks)
f) Explainthemeani ngoft heexpr ess
ion;
fi
gur eshardlyhuman
desper at
elydyi ngtol i
ve. (
2mar
ks)
g)Howdoest heper sonapor tr
ayt herich? (2marks
)
h)Des cri
bet het oneint hepoem. (
3mar
ks)
Readt hepoem bel owandans wertheques ti
onsthatf
oll
ow. (20marks
)
Westerncivi
li
zati
on
Sheetsoftinnail
edtopos
ts
dri
veninthegr ound
makeupt hehous e
Someragscomplete
Thei
nti
matelandscape
Thesunsl
ant
ingt
hrought
hecr
acks
wel
comestheowner.
Af
tert
wel
vehour
sofs
lave
l
abour
Breaki
ngrock
shif
ti
ngrock
breaki
ngrock
shif
ti
ngrock
f
airweather
wetweather
breaki
ngrock
shif
ti
ngrock
Ol
dagec
omesear
ly
amatondar kni
ghts
i
senoughwhenhedi es
grat
eful
ly
ofhunger
Questi
ons.
a)Whatisthepoem about? (4mar
ks)
b)I
dentif
yandil
lus
trat
et wofeat
uresofs
tyl
eus
edi
nthepoem. (
4
marks)
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c)Whatdoest hefi
ft
hstanzasuggestabouttheworkdoneby“ he”
? (
2
marks)
d)Whatbas i
crequir
ementsdoesthe“ he”inthepoem l
ack? (
3
marks)
e)Whydoyout hi
nkthe“he”dies“gratef
ull
y”? (
1mark)
f) Descr
ibetwot hemesbrought outinthepoem. (4marks
)
g)Explai
nt hemeaningof“Oldagecomesear l
y” (
1marks
)
h) Supplyawor dthatmeansthesameashungerasus edinthepoem.
(1mark
Readthepoem bel owandanswert

heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
Beggarinthethreeapi
ece.
MyJumbo
Shotit
sway
Acros
st hesky
Todistantl
ands
Acros
sbl ueseas
Idescendedt hel adder

Toawai ti
ngr ibbon
Ofblood-redcar pet
Aquickglanceatmy
Threepieces uitandt heti
e
Thatbeautif
ull
ys t
rangledmyneck.
Onmyl efthandhang
Mybeadedknobker ry
Onmyr ightIclutched
Myrust
yi nter-nationBeggingBowl
Onmyf aceIwor ehumi l
it
yandneed
Andofcours edignity.
Sir
,thedearthoff ood
Hadrenderedmypeopl ethi
n
Andhungr y
Scoopusal it
tl
e
Youknow
Justli
tt
le
Tokeept hem ti
llnextrai
ns.
ButSir,beggars
I
nt hr
eepi ece
Arear aresight
Butyours ui
tisbeaut
if
ul
Honestly.
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Nowmys ui
t
Whichcos tmeaf ortune
InaPar i
s i
anText ure
Hasdeni edmeaf ortune
Andmycount rymen,l if
e.
By.L. O.Sunkul i
.
(
a)Whoi stheper sonai nthepoem? (3marks
)
(
b)Whati sthes ubjectmat t
erofthispoem? (
4mar ks
)
(
c)Explai
nthes at i
rei nthispoem andcommentoni t
sef
fect
ivenes
s. (
4
marks)
(
d)Describethet oneoft hispoem. (
3mar ks
)
(
e)Explai
nwhatt helas tstanzaimpli
es. (
3mar ks
)
(
f)Explai
nthemeani ngoft hefoll
owingli
ensasus
edint
hepoem. (
3
marks)
i) MyJumbo
Shotitsway
Acrossthes ky
ii
)Thatbeaut if
ull
ys t
rangledmyneck.
ii
i)Tokeept hem t i
llnextrains
.
Readt
hepoem bel
owandans
werques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
Whi
techi
ldmeet
sbl
ackman
Shecaughtmeout sideaLondon
Suburbanshop,I,l
ikeagi
raff
e
Ands heamous e.Itri
edt
ogo
Butfelts
hes t
ood
Lovelyasli
ghtonmyback
Itur
nedwi t
hhell
o
Andwaited.Hereyesgot
Widerbutnotherli
ps.
Hell
oIsmiledagai
nandwatched.
Shes teppedar oundme

Sl
owl y,inaki ndofdance,
Herwi deeyess earc
hing
I
nchbyi nchupanddown:
Nofurnos calesnof eathers
Nos hell.Justal i
ves i
lhouett
e,
Wildands tr
ange
Andcompul sive
Ti
llmot hercamehor ri
fied
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'
Mummyi shist ummybl ack?'
Mothergraspedherands wung
Towardthecrowd.Shet angled
Mother’
slegsl ooki
ngbackatme
AsIwatchedt hem bir
dswer esingi
ng.
JamesBer r
y( Jamaica)
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QUESTI ONS
(
a)Briefl
yexplainwhatt hepoem i sabout. (3mks)
(
b)Explai
nwhatt hereactionofthewhi techi
ldmakesthepers
onaf eel
.
(4mks )
(
c)Compar eandcont ras
tt her
eact i
onsofthemotheranddaughtertotheblackman.
(6mks )
(
d)Identi
fyandexpl ainanyt wofiguresofspeechusedint
hispoem.
(4mks )
(
e)Explai
nt hesignifi
canceofthel astli
neofthepoem. (3mks)
ReadthePoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow:
(20Mar
ks)
TheTwi
st
I
nalit
tl
eshantytown
Wasonanightli
kethi
s
Gi
rlswer
esi
tti
ngdown
Ar
oundthet
own
Li
kethi
s
Somewereyoung
Andsomewerebrown
Ievenf
oundamiss
Whowasblackandbr
own
Andr
eal
lydid
Thet
wis
t
Watchhermoveherwr is
t
Andfeelyourbel
lytwi
st
Feelt
hehungerthunder
Whenherhi pbonestwi
st
Trytohol
dher,keepherunder
Whil
ethejukeboxhiss
Twis
tthemus i
coutofhunger
Onanightli
kethi
s
a) What i
s t
he poem about
?
(
3marks)
b) I
dent
if
y three s
ens
es t
hat t
he poem appeal
s t
o.
(
3Marks)
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c) Whatist
hemaint hemeofthi
spoem? (2
Mar
ks)
d) Whati sthe at
ti
tude ofthe per
sonatowar
dsthe gi
rl
sment
ioned i
nthe poem?
(2Marks)
e) Identi
fyt
hreepoeticdevi
cesusedint
hepoem.
(6marks)
f
) Whataretheachievement
softhepersonaont
hisni
ght
?
(
2mar ks
)
g) Explai
nthemeaningof :
i
) …… ami ss(whowasbr ownandblack).
(1Marks)
i
i)Twi
stthemus i
coutofhunger
. (
1
Mar
ks)
Readthepoem bel
owandthenanswert
hequest
iont
hatf
oll
ow.
(
20mar ks)
DEATHOFMYF ATHER
Hissunkencheeks ,hisinward-
looki
ngeyes
,
Thesarcas t
ic,scor
nfulsmileonhisli
ps
Theunk empt ,matt
ed,greyhair,
Thehard,coar sesand-paperhands,
Spokeel oquentl
yofthel i
fehehadli
ved.
ButIdidnotmour nforhim.
Thehammer ,t
hes awandt heplane,
Thesewerehistoolsandhi sdamnat i
on,
Hissweatwashisointmentandhi sper f
ume.
Hefashi
oneddiningtables,chair
s,wardrobes
,
Andallthewoodenlovesofcol oniall
if
e.
No,Ididnotmour nforhim.
Hebuil
tcol onialmansions,
Huge,
unwi eldy,arr
ogantconstr
uctions;
Buthes quattedi nasickl
ymud- house,
Withhi
schi ldrenhuddleds t
untedly,
Underthebed- bugbedhes haredwi thMot
her
.
Icoul
dnotmour nforhim.
Ihadalr
eadyinher
ited
Hispr
emat ur
eold-
agel ook,
Ihadimbibedhisf
rust
ration;
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Buthisdr
eamsoffr
eedom andhappi
nes
s
Hadbecomemys ong,mylove.
So,Icoul
dnotmournforhi
m.
No,Ididnots hedanyt ears;

Myfather’sdeadl i
festi
lll
ivesi
nme,
Heli
vesi nmys on,myfather,
Iam myf atherandmys on.
Iwil
lawakenhi ss l
eepyhopesandyear
nings
,
ButIwillnotmour nforhim,
Iwil
lnotmour nf orme.
a) I dentif
yt heper sona. (2marks)
b) Whati st hepoem t alkingabout ? (3marks)
c) Commentont heal lit
erat i
ont hati susedinthepoem? (2
marks)
d) Apar tfrom all
iteration,i dentif
yandexpl ai
nanyothertwoas pect
sofstyl
ethatt
he
poethasus ed. ( 4mar ks)
e) Whatr easondoest heper sonagi vefornotmourninghisfat
her’sdeat
h?
(3mar ks
)
f) Whatist hefather ’sprof essionf r
om t hepoem?(1mar k)
g) Expl aint hemeani ngoft hef ol
lowingl i
nesasusedi nt
hepoem:(3mar ks)
i
) Thehar d,coars es and- paperhands ,
Spokeel oquent l
yoft hel i
fehehadl ived.
i
i)Hi spremat ureol d-agel ook,
i
ii
) Iwi llawakenhi ss l
eepyhopesandyear ni
ngs,
h) Whati st heat t
itudeoft heper sonat owardshi
sfather
’sli
fe?(2mar ks)
Readthefoll
owingpoem andans wert heques ti
onst hatfol
low.
TheGourdofF ri
endship.
Whereisthecur i
osit
ywe' velostindi scover
y?
Whereisthedi s
cover ywe'velosti nknowl edge?
Whereistheknowl edgewe' velos tincommuni cat
ion?
Whereisthecommuni cat
ionwe' vel os tinmassmedi a?
Andwher eisthecommuni t
ywe' vel os tinal
lthese?
Whereisthemes s
agewe' velosti nt hemedi um?
I
tiseasyt ogotot hemoon:
Ther
e,therearenopeopl e.
I
tiseasi
ert ocountthes tars:
Theywil
lnotcompl ain.
Buttheroadtoyournei ghbour'shear t-whohass urveyedi t
?
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Theformulatoyourbr other'
shead-Whohasdevi sedit
?
Thegourdt hatdoesn'
ts pil
lfri
endshi
p-I nwhos egardenhasitevergrown?
Youneverknowdes pairUntilyou'
vel osthope;
Youneverknowyouras pi
rati
onUnt i
lyou'ves eenothersdi
sil
lusionment
.
Peaceresidesinthehear tsofmen.
Notinconferencetablesanddel egatess i
gnatures
.
Truefr
iendshipneverdies-I tgrowss t
rongerthemor eiti
sus ed.
ByRichardNt i
ru
1. Explai
nthemeani
ngofthepoem (
3mar
ks)
2. Discusstheus
eofther
hetor
icalques
tionsi
nthepoem. (
3
marks)
3. Descri
bethetoneofthi
spoem (3marks)
4. I
denti
fyandexplai
ntwootherst
yli
sti
cdevi
ces(
apar
tfr
om t
her
het
ori
calquest
ions
)
(4marks
)
5. Expl
ainthemeaningoft
heseli
nes. (4marks)
i
) "
wher
eist
hecur
ios
itywehavel
osti
ndi
scover
y".
i
i) "
Butt heroadtoyourneighbour
'sheart-whohassur
veyedi
t?"
(marks
)
6. Wh atdoesthepersonathi
nkaboutrelat
ions
hips
? (
2mar
ks)
7. Explai
ntheappropr
iatenes
softhetit
le. (
1mar
k)
1
. Readthepoem belowandans
wert
heques
tionsbel
ow. (
20mar
ks)
Themef orEngl
ishB.
Theinst
ructorsai
d,
Gohomeandwr i
teapaget
oni
ght.
Andletthatpagecomeoutofyou.
Then,i
twi l
lbetrue.
Iwonderi
fiti
sthats
impl
e?
Iam t
went y-t
wo,col or
ed,bor ninWi nston-Sal
em.
Iwentthere,thenDur ham,t henher e
Tothi
scol l
egeont hehillaboveHar l
em,
Iam t
heonl ycolor edstudentinmycl ass .
Thestepsfrom thehi l
lleaddowni ntoHar em,
Thr
oughapar k,thenIcr ossStNicholas,
Ei
ghthAv enue,seventh,andIcomet otheY
TheHarlem BranchY,wher eIt aketheel evat
or
Uptomyr oom,s itdown,andwr i
tethispage:
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I
t’snoeas ytoknowwhati st rueforyouorme
Attwenty-t
wo,myage.ButIgues sI’m what
Ifeelandseeandhear .Harlem,Ihearyou:
Hearyou,hearme- wet wo-you,talkont hi
spage.
(IhearNewYor k,too)me-who?
Well,Ili
ketoeat,s leep,drink,andbei nlove.
Ili
ket owork,read,l earnandunder st
andl i
fe.
Ili
keapi peforaChr ist
maspr esent,
Orr ecor
ds-Bes si
e,bop,orBach.
Igues sbei
ngcol or
eddoes n’ tmakemenotl i
ke
Thes amethingsot herf ol
ksl i
kewhoar eotherraces
.
Sowil
lmypagebecoloredthatIwrit
e?
Bei
ngme,itwil
lnotbewhit
e.
Buti
twil
lbeApartofyou,i
ns t
ruct
or.
Youarewhi
te
Yetapar
tofme,asIam partofyou.
That’sAmer ican.
Somet imesper hapsyoudon’twanttobepartofme.
NordoIof t
enwantt obepartofyou.
Butwear e,that’strue!
AsIl earnfrom you,
Igues syoul earnfrom me-Al
thoughyouar
eolder
-andwhi
te-Ands
omewhatmor
efr
ee.
Thisismypagef orEngli
shB.
(LangstoneHughes )
Questi
ons.
a) Whoi sthes peakeri nt hepoem?I l
lus
trateyourans wer. 2
mks
b) I denti
fytwothemesi nt hepoem.Expl ain. 4mks
c) Des cr
ibethemoodoft hepoem?Whatdet ail
scont r
ibuteorhelpestabli
sht
hatmood?
2mks
d) Whatpoi ntdoest hes peakers eektomakebyl ist
ingthethingsthatheors hel
ikes?
2mks
e) Whati sthetoneoft hepoem?Expl ain 2mks
f) Identi
fytheuseofper sonifi
cationinthepoem. 2mks
g) I nwhatwaysi st hes peakerandt headdr essees i
milaranddiff
erent?
2mks
h) Des cr
ibetherelationshi pbetweent heper sonaandt headdressee
2mks
i) i)“ Iwonderifitist hats i
mpl e.”Rewrit
easayes /noques t
ion.
i
i)Rewr i
tethefoll
owi ngbegi nningwi t
h:neither..
..
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Youdon’
twantt
obepar
tofme.NordoIof
tenwantt
obepar
tofyou
lmk
Readthefol
lowi
ngpoem andans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
(
20Marks)
Operat
ingRoom,ByJohnReed
Sunli
ghtf
loodstheshinymany- wi
ndowedpl ace,
Coldl
ygli
nti
ngonf l
awlesssteelunderglass,
Andblari
ngimperi
all
yont hes pat
teredgules
Wherekneelingmengr untastheyswabt hefloor
.
Star
tl
edeyesofnur sesswishbynoisel
essl
y,
Orderl
ieswi
thcroppedheadss waggerli
kemur der
ers;
Andthreesurgeons,robedandmas kedmysteri
ousl
y,
Loungegossi
pingofgut s
,andwishitwerelunch-t
ime.
Beyondtheporcel
aindoor
,s cr
eamingmount
scres
cendo
Case4001comingoutoftheet her
,
Bornagai
nhalfaman,t ospendhisli
fei
nbed.
a)Des cribethes ett

ingofthepoem. (3marks
)
b)Br i
efl
yexpl ai
nwhatt hepoem ist
alki
ngabout
.
(4mar ks)
c)Whoi stheper sonainthepoem?
(2mar ks)
d)Ill
ustratetheus eofthefol
lowi
ngstyl
esandstat
ethei
ref
fect
ivenes
s.
(
4mar ks)
a.Met aphor
ii
.Hyper bole
e)Whati sthetoneoft hepoem? (2marks
)
f) Di
scus sthegener almoodofthepoem. (
2mar ks
)
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g)Whydot hemengruntastheys wabthefl

oor
? (
1mar
k)
h)Expl
aint
hemeaningofthefoll
owingphras
esasus
edi
nthepoem. (
2
mar
ks)
i
) Robedandmaskedmys t
eri
ously
i
i)Case40001comingoutofether
Readt
hepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow
THEWARLORD
Cut
,thr
ust
,pl
unge
Sl
ash,s
lit
,st
ab
St
arve,mai
m,s
hoot
Tor
ch,bur
n,s
car
Thet
rumpet
sher
aldyouwi
thr
egalgl
ory
Epaul
ett
esgl
ist
enandmedal
sgl
eam
Pl
under
,loot ands
teal
Bl
ind,br
and,r
ape
Cur
se,cr
ush,ki
dnap
Smas
h,t
ort
ure,ki
ll
Yourar
rivali
swel
comedwi
thcar
pet
sofs
teel
Ramr
odbackedyours
ubj
ect
shai
lyou
Bi
nd,bl
udgeon,bur
y
Gar
ott
e,i
mpal
e,cas
trat
e
Or
der
,impr
ison,ens
lave
Cens
or,caj
oleanddes
troy
Yours
car
letcapebi
ll
owsasyous
ens
efr
eshconver
ts
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Evermor
eshr
il
lthei
rpr
ais
esgr
ow.
Bar
ren,bl
eak,bl
ackened
Shat
ter
ed,s
ter
il
e,s
tri
cken
Tor
n,poi
soned,def
il
ed
Bl
oodi
ed,emt
ombed,r
ott
ing
Thepr
izepr
esent
edons
omes
tol
ens
ilver
Amaggotr
iddl
edr
emnantofaonc
eser
enewor
ld.
Ques
tions
(
a)Br
ief
lyexpl
ainwhatt
hepoem i
stal
kingabout
. (
3mks
)
(
b)Whati
stheatt
it
udeoft
heper
sonat
othewar
lor
d?El
abor
ateyourans
wer
.
(2mks)
Expl
aint
her
elevanc
eofhavi
ngs
epar
atedwor
dsf
ors
tanzaone,t
hree,f
iveands
even.
(3mks)
(
c)Expl
aint
hei
ronyi
nthepoem. (
3mks
)
(
d)Whati
sthemeani
ngoft
hef
oll
owi
ngl
inesasus
edi
nthepoem?
(
i)Thet
rumpet
sher
aldyouwi
thr
egalgl
ory.
Epaul
ett
esgl
ist
enandmedal
sgl
eam. (
2mks
)
(
ii
)Thepr
izepr
esent
edons
omes
tol
ens
ilver
.
Amaggotr
iddl
edr
emnantofaonces
erenewor
ld. (
2mks
)
(
e)Apartf
rom i
rony,whi
chot
hers
tyl
ist
icdevi
cehasbeenus
edi
nthepoem?
(2mks)
(
f)I
dent
if
yonet
hemat
icconcer
noft
hepoem. (
3mks
)
Readthepoem bel
owandt
henanswert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow. (
20
marks
)
ATAXDRIVERONDEATHBED.(
ByTimot
hyWangusa)
Whenwit
hpropheti
ceyeIpeerintothef
utur
e
Is
eethatIs
hallper
ishupont
hisroad
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Drivi
ngment hatIdonotknow
Thismet all
icmons tert hatInowdi ctate,
Thisdocileel abor atehor se,
Thatins il
ences eemst os immerands tr
ain
Shallsurelyr evolts omet empt i
ngday.
Thusus halldie:nott hatIcare
Foranyman’ sjour ney,
Norforpr opr i
etor sgai n
Noryetf ort hel oveofmyown.
Notforthes edoIat temptt heforbi
ddenl i
mits
.
Forthosedef tthet raffi
c-manandt hecol dcell
,
Riski
ngever ythingf ort hel i
ttl
eli
ttl
emor e.
Theys hallsay,Iknow,whopi ckupmybones
‘Poorchap,anot hervi ctimt otheruthlessmachine”
conceali
ngmybl oodundert hemet al.
Questi
ons .
a)Whati st hispoem about ? (3mar ks)
b)Whati st heat t
it
udeoft heper sonatowardhi
sfate? (2marks)
c)Wi thil
lustrat
ioni dent ifytheper sonainthepoem. (
2mar ks
)
d)Whati st heironyi nt hepoem? (2mar ks
)
e)Wi thil
lustrat
ionsi dent ifyandc ommentonanyot hert
wos
tyl
ist
icdevicesus edinthe
poem. (
6mar ks )
f) Commentont hef ollowi ngline.
‘poorchap,anot hervi ctimtot heruthl
essmachine? (2marks)
g)Howwi llthepers ona’ sdeat hcomeabout ? (2mar ks)
h)Gi vethepoem anot hert i
tl
e. (1mar k)
Readt hepoem bel owandans wert heques t

ionst
hatf
oll
ow.
YourCi garett
eBur nttheSavannahGr ass.
Come
Listentoaboi li
ngpot
torchitsheartandt ellme
Whatdoyouhear ?
thes uns entdowns owersofit
thatburntt ocinderyoureddyingcons ci
ence
theear t
hatt het ouchofyourfingers
cracked
Colourmel t
satyours t
are
Orangewhi teblur
redandall
arethes amet oyou
Yourcigarett
ebur ntt
hesavannahgr
ass
Thes cor
pionbitmeandIcr ied.
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CharlesOwuor
i
)I denti
fyandi l
lustr
atedanyt hr
eeappeal sthepersonaputsacrosstohisadversary
(3mar ks)
i
i)Whati sthes ubjectmatt
eroft hispoem? (3mar ks)
i
ii
)Identi
fyandexpl ainanythreeas pectsofstyl
eandexplai
nt hei
rfuncti
ons.
(6mar ks)
i
v)Explai
nt hemeani ngofthef ol
lowinglines. (4mar ks)
(a)‘Come
List
ent oaboi li
ngpot’
(b)‘thes uns entdowns hower sofitthatburntt
ocinderyoureddyingconscience!
(
v)Whati
sthemoodofthepoem? (
2mar
ks)
(
vi)
Whati
stheper
sona’
satt
it
udetowar
dshi
sadver
sar
y? (
2mar
ks)
Readthepoem bel owandans wert hequesti

onsthatf
oll
ow:
THEVI LLAGEWELL
Bythewell,
Wherefreshwat erst
il
lquietl
ywhi sper
AswhenI
Fi
rstaccompaniedMot herandf i
ll
edmybabygour d,
Bythiswell
,
Wheremanyaneveni ngitscleanwat ercl
eanedme;
Thissi
lentwell
Dreadedhauntofthelonghair
edMusambwa
Whobas ked
I
nt hemid-daysunrecli
ningonther
ock
WhereInows i
t
Welli
ngupwi t
hmanypoi gnantmemori
es;
Thi
ss pot
,
Whichhasrungwit
hthepur
it
yofchi
ldlaught
er;
Thi
ss pot
,
Whereeyes pokes
ecr
etl
ytores
pondi
ngeye;
Thi
ss pot
,
Whereheart
spoundedmadl
yinmanyabr east
;
Bythiswell,
Over-hungbyleafybranchesofshel
teri
ngtr
ees
If
irs
tnot i
cedher
Isawheri nthecoolofred,redevening
Isawher
AsifIhadnots eenherat housandti
mesbefor
e
Bythiswell
Myeyesas kedforlove,andmyhear twentmad.
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Ist
utt
ered
Andmurmuredmyfi
rstwordsofl
ove
Andcupped
Wit
hmyhands ,t
hei
ntoxi
cati
onthatwer
eherbr
eas
ts
I
nt hi
swel l,
I
nt hec l
earwat er
soft
hiswhi s
peringwel
l,
Thes i
lentmoon
Witnessedwi t
has mi
leourinviol
atevows
Thekiss es
Thatleftusweakandbreathless.
I
tisdark.
I
tisdarkbythewellt
hatsti
llwhi
spers
.
I
tisdarker
I
tisutt
erdarknes
sintheheartthatbl
eeds
Bythi
swell
Wheremagichasevapor
atedbutmemor i
esli
nger
.
Ofdampdeat h
Ther otti
ngf oli
ager eeks,
Andt hebr anches
Aregr otesquet al
onsofhungr yvult
ures,
Forshei sdead
TheoneIf ir
s tl
ovedbyt hi
swel l.
Ques ti
ons :
(i
)Whoi stheper sonaint hispoem? (
2mar ks
)
(i
i)Whati st hes i
gnifi
cantoft hewelltot
hepersona? (
4mar
ks)
(i
ii
)I dentif
yi mageryi nthepoem. (2marks
)
(
iv) Explainthemeani ngoft hefol
lowingl
inesasusedint
hepoem.
(
a)Dreadedhauntofthelonghai r
edMus ambwa. (
2mar ks
)
(
b)Isawherinthec oolofar ed,redevening. (
2mar ks
)
(
c)Iti
sdarkbythewel lthatsti
llwhis
pers. (
2marks
)
(
v)Commentont hechangeofmoodi nthelastt
wos t
anzas
. (
4
marks
)
(
vi)
Whatistheatti
tudeoft hepersonatowardsdeat
h? (
2mar
ks)
Readthepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow. (
20
marks
)
OldandNew
Shewentupthemount ai
nt opluckwildher
bs,
Shecamedownt hemount ai
nandmetherf or
merhus
band,
Sheknel
tdownandas kedherf ormerhusband,
“Whatdoyoufindyournewwi feli
ke?”
“Mynewwife,alt
houghhert al
kisclever
,
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Cannotcharm measmyol dwi f

ecoul d,
I
nbeaut yoff acet her
ei snotmucht ochoos e,
Butinusefulnes stheyar enotatal lalike,
Mynewwi fecomesi nfrom theroadt omeetme,
Myol dwifeal wayscamedownf r
om hert ower .
*
Mynewwi feiscl everatembr oi
der ings i
lk;
Myol dwifewasgoodatpl ai
ns ewing.
Ofsil
kembr oi deryonecandoani nchaday;
Ofplai
ns ewing,mor ethanfivefeet.
Putt
inghers ilksbyt hes i
deofyours ewing,
Iseethatthenewwi llnotcomparewi t
ht heold.
”
st
Anonymous1 Cent uryB. C.
Quest
ions
a.Whati sthepoem about ? (
3marks)
b.Wi t
hill
us t
rationsidenti
fyones i
milar
it
yanddi ff
erenceinthet
wowives
.
(4marks)
c.Commentonanyt wopoeti
cdevicesus edinthepoem. (
6
marks
)
d.Explai
nt hemeani ngofthefoll
owingli
nes .
“Mynewwi fe,alt
houghhert al
kisclever,cannotcharm measmyoldwif
e”
(3marks)
e.Identi
fyas pectsofs oci
all
if
enot i
ceableinthepoem. (
3marks
)
f. Whatisthet oneofthepoem? (
3mar ks)
Readt hepoem gi venbelowandans wert

hequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow.
THATOTHERLI FE
(ByEverettM St anda)
Ihaveonlyf ai
ntmemor i
es
Memor i
esoft hos edayswhenallourj
oyf
ulmoment
I
nhappi ness,s orr
owanddr eams
Wer esos ynchronized
Thatwewer eins piri
tandfl
esh
Ones oul;
Ihaveonl yfaintmemor i
es
Whenwes aweac hother’si
mageeverywher
e;
Thefri
ends ,therelat
ives,
Thegiftofflowers,cl
othesandt r
eat
s,
Theeveningwal kswherewepr ais
edeachother
,
Likeli
ttl
echi l
dreninlove;
Irememberthedreamsaboutchil
dren
Thefri
endl
yneighbor
sandrelat
ives
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Themoney,t hefarmsandcows
Allwerethepleasuresaheadinmind
Wishingf
orthedayoff i
naluni
on
Whent hedreamswi llcometrue
Onthatdayf i
nalunion
Wepromi s
edeachot herpl
easur
esandcar
e
Andeverythi
nggoodundert hesun
Asadai lyreminderthatyouandmewereonef
orever
.
QUESTI ONS
a) Whatdoest hedayoft hefinaluni onmeant otheper sona?
(3mar ks)
b) Whatf aintmemor iesdoest heper sonahave,accordingt othepoem? (3marks
)
c) Whati st hepersona’sattit
udet owardsthei
rmar ri
age?
(2marks )
d) Expl ai
nt hefoll
owi ngexpres si
onsasus edinthepoem
(
i) Happi ness,sorrowanddr eamswer esos ynchronized.
...
..
..
..
..
(2marks )
(
ii
). ..
..
..prais
edeachot herlikechi l
dreninlove
(
2mar ks )
(
ii
i) Al lwer epleasuresaheadi nmi nd.
(2marks )
e) I dent i
fyt woaspect sofstyl
eus edi nthi
spoem andexpl ai
nt hei
reffect
iveness.
(4mar ks)
f) Whati st hemoodoft hepoem
(2mar ks)
Readt
hepoem bel
lowandans
wert
heques
tiont
hatf
oll
ows
Mygr
andmot
her byEl
izabet
hJenni
ngs
Shekeptanant
iques
hop-
ori
tkepther
.
AmongApos
tles
poonsandBr
ist
olgl
ass
es,
Thef
adeds
ilks
,theheavyf
urni
tur
e,
Shewat
chedherownr
efl
ect
ioni
nthebr
ass
Sal
ver
sands
ilverbowl
s,asi
ftopr
ove
Pol
ishwasal
l,t
her
ewasnoneedf
orl
ove.
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AndIr
ememberhowIoncer
efus
ed
Togooutwi
thher
,si
nceIwasaf
rai
d.
I
twasper
hapsawi
shnott
obeus
ed
Li
keant
iqueobj
ect
s.Thoughs
henevers
aid
Thats
hewashur
t,Is
til
lcoul
dfeelt
hegui
lt
Oft
hatr
efus
al,gues
singhows
hef
elt
.
Lat
er,t
oof
rai
ltokeepas
hop,s
heput
Al
lherbes
tthi
ngsi
nonel
ong,nar
rowr
oom.
Thepl
aces
mel
tol
d,oft
hingst
ool
ongkepts
hut
,
Thes
mel
lofabs
enceswher
eshadowscome
Thatcan’
tbepol
ished.Ther
ewasnot
hingt
hen
Togi
veherownr
efl
ect
ionbackagai
n.
Andwhens
hedi
edIf
eltnogr
iefatal
l,
Onl
ythegui
ltofwhatIoncer
efus
ed.
Iwal
kedi
ntoherr
oom amongt
het
all
Si
deboar
dsandcupboar
ds-
thi
ngss
heneverus
ed
Butneeded:andnof
inger
-mar
kswer
ether
e,
Onl
ythenewdus
tfal
li
ngt
hrought
heai
r.
a)Identif
yt heper sonai ntheabovepoem. (
2mks )
b)Innot efor m,summar i
zewhateachs tanzai stalki
ngabout (4mks).
c)Identif
yandbr iefl
yexplaintheuseofanyt woi magesinthepoem (4mks)
d)Whatdoest heper sonafeeltowar
dsthes ubjectmatt
er? (2mks)
e)Whatdot hefollowingli
nesmeani nthepoem? (
2mks )
“t
oof r
ailtokeepas hop”
“Onlythenewdus tfal
li
ngthroughtheai r
”
f) Descri
bet het onet hepersonausesint hepoem above (2mrks)
g)Explainthepar adoxintheline: (
2mks )
-t
hingss heneverus ed
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Butneeded:
h)Expl
aintheper
sona’
ssens
eofgui
lt
? (
2mr
ks)
Readthepoem bel owt henanswert hequesti

onsthatf
oll
ow.
Ri
dingChines eMachi nes
Therear ebeast sint hi
scit
y
theyc r
eakandt heycr ank
andgr oanfrom fir
s tdawn
whent heirAfri
can- tonguedmast
erswake
toguidet hem laxandhuman- handed
throughthel at
er us h
whent hey‘rehandl eddownandun- ani
mated
s t
il
laswes l
eep,t ower i
ngorbowing
alwaysheavy
Wepourcementt hroughtheci
ti
es
towns,throughthewild
onwar ds
,outwards
l
ikefingersofeagerhands
str
etchedacr os
stheearth
dugin
Thelionsinves
tigat
e
andbur i
edmar velr
umbles
squeezedforprogress
ByLiyouMesf i
nLibsekal
Ques ti
ons
(a)Briefl
ydescri
bewhatt hepoem i sabout . (
3mks )
(b)Explai
nhowt hepoetf eel stowardst hebeas t
si nthecity. (
2mks )
(c)Identi
fytwopoet icdevi cesempl oyedbyt hepoeti nt hepoem. ( 4mks )
(d)Explai
nthei r
onyoft het ypeofdevel opmentdes cr
ibedint hepoem (3mks)
(e)Explai
nthemeani ngoft hefoll
owingl i
nesi nthepoem. (
4mks )
i) Whent heirAf r
ican-tonguedmas terswaket oguidet hem.
ii
) Thel i
onsi nves ti
gat eandbur iedmar velrumbless queezedforprogres
s.
(f)Identi
fyandexpl ainonet hemet ackledinthepoem. (
2mks )
(g)Explai
nthes i
gnificanceoft heti
tlet othepoem. (
2mks )
Readt
hepoem bel
owandanswert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
“Sympat
hy”
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Iknowwhatthecagedbirdfeels
,alas!
Whenthesunisbr i
ghtontheuplands lopes;
Whenthewinds t
irssof
tthroughthes pringi
nggr
ass
Andtheri
verfl
owsl i
keas t
ream ofgras s;
Whenthefir
stbir
ds i
ngsandt hefir
stbudopes ,
Andthef
aintperf
umef r
om itspetal
ss teals–
Iknowwhatthecagedbirdfeels
!
Iknowwhyt hecagedbirdbeatsi
tswing
Til
lit
sbloodi sredonthecruelbars
;
Forhemus tfl
ybacktohisperchandcling
Whenher atherwouldbeonthebrancha–s wi
ng;
Andapai ns ti
llt
hrobsi
ntheold,ol
ds cars
Andt heypulseagainwit
hakeeners ti
ng–
Iknowwhyhebeat shi
swing!
Iknowwhyt hecagedbirdsings
,ahme,
Whenhiswi ngisbrui
sedandhisbos om sor
e,
Whenhebeat shisbarsandwoul dbefree;
I
tisnotas ongofjoyorglee,
Butaprayerthathesendsfrom hisheart
’sdeepcor
e,
Butaplea,thatupwar
dtoheavenhef i
ngs–
Iknowwhyt hecagedbirdsings
!
(
Adaptedf
rom t
hepoem byLaur
enceDonbari
n‘ Amer
ican
Negr
oPoet
ry’edi
tedbyAr
naBomtemps.NewYork:Hi
llandWaug
1
974)
Ques ti
ons
a)Expl ai
nbriefl
ywhatt hepoem i sabout . (3marks
)
b)Whatdoest hepoetf ocusoni neachoft hethreest
anzas? (
6mar ks
)
c)Howwoul dyoudes cribet heper sona’
sfeeli
ngstowardst
hecagedbird? (4mar ks
)
d)Whatcanwei nferaboutt heper s
ona’sownexper i
ences? (
3mar ks
)
e)I denti
fyas i
mileint hef i
rsts t
anzaandexpl ai
nwhyitisused. (
2mar ks)
f) Explai
nthemeani ngoft hef oll
owingli
nes :
(
i)Andt hefai ntperfumef rom t
hepet al
sst
eals (
1mark)
g)Suppl yanothers uit
abl eti
tleforthispoem. (
1mark)
Readtheoralpoem bel
owandt henanswert
heques t
ionst
hatf
oll
ows
;-
“
FAMINE”
Theownerofyam peelshisyam i
nthehouse’s
:
Aneighbourknocksatthedoor
Theownerofyam throwshisyam i
nthebedroom:
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Thenei ghbours ays ,“ Ij

us thear d
As ound,‘ ker eker e’,thati swhyIcame, ”
Theowneroft heyam r eplies,
“Thatwasnot hi ng,Iwass har peningt woknives.”
Thenei ghbours aysagai n,“ Is ti
llheard
Somet hingl ike‘ bi ’s oundbehi ndt hedoor .
”
Theowneroft heyam s ays ,
“Imer elyt ri
edmydoorwi thamal l
et.”
Thenei ghbours aysagai n,
“Whatabouthi shugef i
ebur ningonyourhear th?”
Thefellowr epl i
es ,
“Iam mer elywar mingwat erf ormybat h.”
Thenei ghbourper s
is t,
“Whyi syours ki nal lwhi te,whent hisisnottheHar mat t
ans eas on?’
Thefellowi sr eadywi thhi sr eply,
Iwasr olli
ngont hef l
oorwhenIhear dthedeat hofAgadapi di.
”
Thent henei ghbours ays,“ Peacebewi thyou.”
Theowneroft heyam s tarts hut,
“Therecannotbepeace
Unlesst heowneroff oodi sal lowedt oeathi sownf ood!”
Ques t
ions .
(
a)Brieflyexpl ai nwhatt hepoem i sabout . (
2mar ks)
(
b)Whatdoest henei ghborhopet oachi evebybei ngs opers i
stent? (3mar
ks)
(
c)Us i
ngi llustrat ions ,des cribeanyt wocharactertrai
tsoftheowneroft heyam.(4
mar ks )
(
d)Identifyt hei deophoneswor dsi nthepoem. (2mar ks)
(
e)Howdoweknowt hatt henei ghbouri s obs ervant? (3mar
ks)
(
f)Des cribet het oneoft heowneroft heyam. (1mark)
(
g)Thenei ghbours ays ,“peacebewi thyou.” Whyi sthi
ss tatementi r
onic? (3
mar ks )
(
h)Whatl es soncanwel ear nf rom t hi
spoem? (2mar ks)
BUI
LDINGTHENATI ON
TodayIdi dmys hare
Inbuildingthenation
Idroveaper manentSecr etar
y
Toani mportanturgentfuncti
on
Infactal uncheonatt heVic.
Themenur efl
ecteditsimpor t
ance
ColdBellbeerwi thsmalltalk,
Thenfr
iendchi ckenwi t
hni ceti
es
Winetof i
llthehollownessoft hel
aughs
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I
ce-cr
eam t
ocovert
hest
ereot
ypej
okes
Cof
feetokeept
hePSawakeonret
urnj
our
ney.
IdrovethePermanentSectretar
yback.
Heyawnedmanyt i
mesi nthebackofthecar
Didyouhaveanyl unchfr
iend?
Irepl
iedlooki
ngstrai
ghtahead
Ands ecr
etlysmi
li
ngathisbel at
edconcer
n
ThatIhadnot,butwass mil
ing!
Uponwhi chhes aidwi t

has eriousness
Thatamus edmor et hanannoyedme,
Mwananchi ,Itoohadnone!
Iattendedtomat tersofs tate
Highlydeli
catedi plomat i
cdut i
esyouknow,
Andf ri
end,itgoesagai nstmygr ai
n,
Caus esmes t
omachul cersandwi nd.
Ah,hecont inued,yawni ngagai n,
Thepai nswes ufferinbui dingt henati
on!
SothePShadul cerstoo!
MyulcersIthi
nkareequallypai
nful
Onl
yt heyarecausedbyhunger,
Notsumptuouslunches!
Sotwonat ionbuil
ders
Arr
ivedhomet hisevening
Wit
ht erri
blest
omac hpains
Ther es ul
tofbuil
dingthenati
on-
-Diff
er entways.
Henr yBarl
ow
1.Identi
fytwovoi cesinthepoem (2mks )
2.Explai
nwhatt hepoem addr es
s es (4mks )
3.Identi
fyandi ll
us tr
atetheuseofanyt wopoeti
cdevicesusesi nthepoem andexplai
n
theireff
ect i
venes s (6mks )
4.Des cr
ibet hetonei nthepoem (2mks )
5.Howwoul dyoudes cri
betheattit
udeofthepermanentsecretar
ytowar dst
hepers
ona?(2
mks )
6.Des cr
ibet herhymes chemeins tanzaone (2mks )
7.i) “ Heyawnedmanyt i
mesint hebackofthecar.”Addaques tiontag (
1mk)
ii
) “Idr ovet heper manentsecretar
yback.
”Wr i
teinpassivevoice
ORALLI
TERATURE
Readt
heoralpi
ecebel
owandanswert
hequest
ionst
hatf
oll
ow
Bl
oodir
onandtrumpet
s
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Bloodi ronandt rumpet s

Forwar dwemar ch
(othersf al
lont heway)
Wes hallhackki llandcur e
Singersoft hedat sunbl ue
Forwar dwedr ivebr eakingt her ecords
Letbul l
et sfi
ndt heirt argetsandt heear t
hbesof
tened
Letthedogsofwarr ejoice
Andt hecar rionbi rdsf eed
Wear er educingpopul ati
ons explosion
Theuni formedmachi nesar ear ound
Putonyourhel meti ronandr es t
Onlyt hroughf irecanbebapt i
zedt omeanbus
iness
Soonceagai n
Weshal
lalwaysmar
chalong
Bl
oodir
onandt r
umpet
s
Bl
oodir
onandt r
umpet
s
Bl
oodalone
(
a)Classi
fytheor alpieceabove (2Marks)
(
b)Whatar ethef uncti
onsoft heoralpieceabove? (
3Mar ks
)
(
c)Identi
fytwof eatur
esofor alpoetryevidenti ntheoralit
em. (
3Mar ks
)
(
d)Whatt woi s
suesi sthisoralpoem talkingabout ? (4Mar ks
)
(
e)Citeones ocialandoneeconomi cact i
vityoft hecommunityf
romwhi cht hisoralpoem
istaken
(
f)Whowoul dbet hemos tsuit
ableaudi encef ortheoralpoem?Gi ver easonsforyour
answer
(
2Mar ks )
(
g)“ Theuniformedmachi nesar earound”Expl ainthemeaningofthi
ss tatement.(1Mark)
(
h)Des cr
ibethemoodoft hepoem. (
2Mar ks)
Readt hefoll
owingpoem andanswert heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow
SECONDOLYMPUS
From t
her ostr
um theydecl
aimed
Onmar tyrsandmenofhi ghideals
Whom t heysentout
Benevorentdes pot
stoanunwi l
li
ngrace
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Strai
ni ngatt heyoke
Bulldozer st ramplingonvi rgi
ngr ound
I
nbl atantvi ol ati
on
Theyt r ampl eddownal lthatwass t
range
Andf il
ledt hevoi d
Withhal fdiges tedalient houghts
Theyl ef tat railofred
What ev erthei rfeethadpas sed
Oh,t heydi dt hems elvesf i
ne
Ands t
r uttl
edaboutt hepl ace
Selfpr oclaimeddemi -gods
From acount er f
eitOlympus
Onedayt heyhur leddownt hunderbolts
Ont oilingr aceofear thwor ms
Theymi ghthaver ainedownpebbl es
Topel tt hebr atstodeat h
Butthatwasbeneat ht hem
Theykeptupt heill
us i
on
Thatt heywer ef i
ghtingfoes
Kil
li
nginthenameofhi ghideal
s
Attheinques ttheytoldtheworld
Thewor mswer ebecomi ngpest
s
Moreover,theys ai
d
Theydidnotl ikewr i
gglythi
ngs
Str
angepr ejudiceforgods.
Quest
ions
1) Whoisbei ngtalkedabouti nthispoem?Gi veevidence. (2marks)
2) Wi thtwoevi dences ,dis
cus sthepoet’sgeneralatti
tudetowardsthesubjectoft
he
poem.(
3mar ks )
3)Whatdoyouunder s t
andbyt hefol
lowingthr
eel i
nes?
“t
heytrampl edownal lthatwass t
range
Andfi
ll
edt hevoi d withhalfdigestedali
enthoughts?”
4) Whoar er eff
eredt oas“ toil
ingraceofearthworms”andwhy? (3marks)
5) Di scusst wos t
yli
sticdevicesus edinthepoem.Gi vetheiref
fect
ivenes
s
6) Expl ai
nt hes i
gnifi
canceoft hetitl
e. (2mar ks
)
7) Whati sthet oneoft hepoem? (1mark)
Readt
hepoem bel
owandans
wert
heques
tionsbel
ow.
Advis
et omys on
Thetricki
s,t
ol i
veyourdays
asifeachonemaybeyourl ast
(f
ortheygofast,andyoungmenloset
hei
rli
ves
i
ns tr
angeanduni magi
nabl
eways)
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butatthes ametime,planlongrange
(fort
heygos low:ifyous ur
vive
theshatter
edwinds hi
eldandburningshel
l
youwi l
larr
ive
atourapproximati
onher ebelow
orheavenorhel l
)
Tobes pecif
ic,betweent hepoenyandt her
ose
plants quas hands pi
nach,t urni
psandtomat
oes;
beaut yinnect ar
andnect ar,indes erts aves
butt hes t
omachcr avess tr
ongersust
enance
thant hehomedvi ne.
therefore,mar ryapr ettygirl
afterseei nghermot her ;
speakt r uthtooneman,
wor kwi thanot her;
andal ways ,ser vebr eadwi t
hyourwine.
Buts on,
Alwayss ervewi ne
(PeterMei nke)
a)Whoi st hes peakerint hepoem.I l
lustrateyourans wer. 2marks
b)Inwhatci rcums t
ancesdomanyyoungpeopl edie?Ill
us tr
ateyourans werfr
om the
poem. 4marks
c)Whatdoheavenandhel lsymbolize? 2mar ks
d)Identifyitemsi nthepoem t hatrepr esentlif
e’snecessitiesononehandandl if
e’s
l
uxuriesont heother. 2mar ks
e)Identifyandi ll
ustrat
et heus eoft hepar adoxinthepoem. 3marks
f) Whatdoest heper sonameanby‘ mar ryapr ett
ygi r
lafters eeingthemother”
?2marks
g)Thes tomachcr avess trongers ustenance. (
Rewriteusing( What ”) 1mar
k
h)Gi vetwomeani ngsofeachoft hef oll
owi ngwords. 2marks
-Last
-Fas
t
i) Givethemeani ngoft hel asttwol i
nes 2mar ks
THEBEARDByPr
iscovi
aRwakyaka *
TRK*
I
nthepul
pithes
wayedandt
urned
Leantf
orwar
d,backwar
d
Tot
her
ight
;tot
hel
eft
Hi
ssol
emnvoi
ceechoed
Lowl
ythec
ongr
egat
ionf
oll
owed,
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“
Doyoul
oveyournei
ghbor
?’
Meekl
ytheybowathi
skeeneye.
Nowexami
ningagr
eyhead
Heavi
ngunderhers
obs
Hi
shear
tleaptas
sur
ed-
“
Hers
inswei
ghonher
!”
Sowi
thherhechat
sout
side;
‘
Weepnotchi
ldyouar
epar
doned.
”
“
But
,si
r,yourbear
dconj
uredup
Thes
pir
itofmydeargoat
!”
Ques
tions
(
a) I
dent
if
yanddes
cri
bet
woper
sonasi
nthepoem.I
ll
ust
rat
eyourans
wer
.(4mks
)
(
b) Rel
atet
het
it
leoft
hepoemt
owhatact
ual
lyhappensi
nthi
spoem,gi
vings
peci
fi
c
exampl
es. (
4mks
)
(
c)I
dent
if
yandi
ll
ust
rat
eanyt
wos
tyl
es&vi
denti
nthepoem. (
4mks
)
(
d) Themoodoft
hel
astf
ourl
inesoft
hepoem i
sembar
ras
sing.Howt
ruei
sthi
s?
(
3mk)
(
e) I
dent
if
yonepai
rofr
hymi
ngwor
ds (
lmks
)
(
f) Expl
aint
hemeani
ngoft
hef
oll
owi
ngl
ines
:
i
) “
Hishear
tleaptas
sur
ed” (
2mks
)
i
i)“
Hers
inswei
ghonhe?
’ (
2mks
)
Readt
hef
oll
owi
ngpoem andans
wert
heques
tionst
hatf
oll
ow.
Ar
gumentwi
thGod
Mychildwass tr
uggl i
ngforl
ifei
nhospi
tal
.
AndI,
wor ri
edt ens eandtir
ed.
Sati
ns il
entpr ayer:
I
nviolentsilence,argui
ngwithmyGod.
GodIs aid,
Whydoyoual l
owhi mt osuff
erso?
Whyhi m al
lt hetime?
Why?
Godwass i
lent!
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Notawordfr
om hi
m.
Notaword
Maybe. Ithought.
Godisangr ywithme.
I
’l
lappeas emyGod;
Tryandbegoodatl east
Surel
yGodwoul dthenrespond.
God, Ipleaded.
Pl
eas eGod.
Tobegoodi shard.
ButI’
lltry.
But
Mychi l
dmus tli
ve.
Li
vef r
eef rom pain:
God
YouknowhowIl ovehim,don’tyou?
Don’tyou? Don’tyou?DON’TYOU?
But
Godwasdumb:
Li
kemychi ld.
ThenuIs aidt
omys elf
.
Godisj ust.
I
’l
lappealf orj
ust
ice.
God,Icall
ed.
Thoughyouar esilent
,
Iam sureyouhearme.
QUESTI
ONS
1
. Whoi stheper
sonai
nthi
spoem? (
2mks
)
2. Whati
shappeni
ngi
nthepoem? (
2mks
)
3. Whyar
ethewor
dsi
nLi
ne27wr
it
teni
ncapi
tall
ett
ers
.DONTYOU? (
2mks
)
4. Whati
sthemoodi
nthepoem? (2mks
)
5. Gi
veani
nst
antofi
ronyi
nthepoem. (
3mks
)
6. I
dent
if
yandi
ll
ust
rat
eot
hert
hrees
tyl
ist
icdevi
cesi
nthepoem. (
6mks
)
7. Whatdot
hef
oll
owi
ngl
inesmean. (
2mks
)
“
Thoughyouar
esi
lent
,Iam s
ureyouhearme”
.
ANSWERS
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1
.SongofAgony
a)Theper
sonai
sawor
ker
(Gi
ve2)
b) Des perati
onisthesubjectmatteri
nthispoem.Thepers onaandother
saredes per
ate
i
nt hatwhent heygoforcontrac
twor k(i
nthedi as
pora)t
her eisnohopeofcomingback.
Theymi ghtdi
enevertos eetheirpeopl
eandpr opert
yagain.Thisi
sshownin‘whichofus
wil
ldie?’
c)
 Rhet
ori
calques
tions
-‘whi
chofuswi
llcomeback?’
whi
chofuswi
lldi
e?’
Eff
ect-Helptoshowt hes
tateinwhichtheper
sonais.
Hef ear
sofneverr
etur
ninghome.
Invol
vet heaudiencetof
eelthesit
uati
onthepers
onaisin.Dr
awssympat
hyfrom t
he
audience.
 Repetit
ion:‘
whichofus’whichofuswil
lcomeback?
Ef
fect:Emphasizesthesubj
ectmat
ter
,ie.t hedesperat
ionandt
hef eari
nthepers
ona.
Helpsinbuildi
ngthemood.Helpst
or ef
lecttheat
tit
udeofthespeakertowar
dscontr
act
work.
 Al
lit
erat
ion:’Ri
versr
un’
Ef
fect
:Hel
pst
oshowfarawayanddi
ff
icul
tthecontr
actwor
ker
susedtogoandwor
k( 4
marks)
d) Showhowt heper
sonaandtheot
her ssuf
feri
nthepoem.I
ll
ust
rat
eyourans
wer
.(4
mks)
 Mentals
uff
eri
ng-
theykeepwonder
ingwhet
hert
heywi
llevergobackhomet
osee
t
hei
rlov
edonesandpr oper
ty.
 F
ear
-got
owor
kbutf
eart
heymi
ghtneverr
etur
nhomeal
ive.
 I
sol
ati
on-
theyar
ecutoutf
rom t
hei
rfami
li
esf
orpr
olongedper
iods
.(6mar
ks)
e) Pes s
imis
tic-
personadoes
n’ts
eeanyfutur
einhi
sli
fei
fhe’
stogof
ort
hecont
ract
wor
k.Heisnots ur
eofevercomi
ngback.
Nost
algi
c-ther
e’st
hel
ongi
ngt
ocomebackaf
tert
heygof
orcont
ractwor
ktos
eehi
swi
fe
andproper
ty.
Sad-
themoodi
ssaddeni
ngthatt
heworker
sar
eli
kel
ytodi
eornevercomeback.Mi
ght
bemanyhaddi
edornevercameback.
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f
) I
sthet
it
leoft
hispoem s
uit
abl
e?Expl
ain(
3mks
)
 Yes.I
tsumsupt
hement
alagonyt
hatper
sonai
sunder
goi
ng.Theygof
ort
hecont
ract
wor
kfarawayands
tayf
orl
ongornevercomeback.
g) Ident
if
yandexpl
ainoneeconomi
cact
ivi
typr
act
icedbyt
heper
sona’
scommuni
ty.
(2
mks
)
 Cat
tl
ekeepi
ngorwor
king
Li
ne7‘
Notbei
ngmyox’(
cat
tl
ekeepi
ng)
Theper
sonai
sgoi
ngt
owor
k(wor
king)
2.
THENECKLACE
a)Howr elevanti st het i

tleoft hepoem above?( 2mar ks )
Thet itl
e“ Neckl ace”i sr elevantbecaus eneckl acei sr oundandi ti snor mal l
ywor nby
people( 1mar k).
int hepoem,t het yreus edt obur nt hevi cti
mi sround- shaped( 1mar k)
b)Des cri
bet hechar act eroft heexecut ioner si nt hepoem ( 2mar ks)
Theexecut i
oner sar ecr uel/inhuman/ br utal/callous /i
ns ens i
tive( 1mar k)
Oncet heyf ini
sht heexecut ion,t heyr es umet hei rnor maldut iesasi fnothi nghas
happened/ theybr utal l
ymur dert hevi ctim
NB:Awar d0mar ksf ori dent if
icationwi thouti llustr ation
c)Whatwasneededt ocar r youtt heexecut i
on?( 3mar ks )
- Thef ir
es tonet yre( 1mar k),pet rolinbl ackenedt in( 1mar k)andi gnitesinnumer ous
hands( 1mar k)
d)Expl aint hedi ff
er encei nt heus eoft hewor d“ form”i ns tanzaoneands tanzat hree( 2
mar ks)
Thewor d“ form”i ns tanzaoner ef er
st ot hevict im bef orehewasbur ned(1mar k)whi lein
stanzat hreei tr eferst ot hecar cas s/cor pseoft hevi ctim( 1mar k)
e)(i)Whoi st heper sona?( 1mar k)
- Theper sonai sanobs erveroraci t
izenatamar ketpl ace( 1mar k)
NB:Donotacceptt heuseof“ I”ast heper sonawi t houtadequat equal i
fi
erj ust
if
yingt he
personal it
yoft he“ I”
(i
i)Whatdet erst heper sonaf r
om get tingcl os ert ot hes ceneofact i
on?( 1mar k)
- Theper sonai sdet er redbyf ear/f r
ight enedt ogetcl osert ot hes ceneoft hebrut al
it
y
(1
mar k)
f) Explaint hemeani ngoft hef ollowi ngphr asesasus edi nt hepoem ( 3mar ks)
i) Smel lofs izzli
ngf l
es h–Thebur ningoft hehumanbody
ii
)Eachpar ti
cipant r eadyandanxi ous–wi l
li
ngnotf orcedt oexecut e
ii
i)Witnes sedt oanunwr it
tenl aw–s awt hepeopl ecar ryoutmobj us ti
cewhi chisillegal
g)Whatmoodi spor tr
ayedi nthepoem?( 2mar ks )
Themoodi stens e( 1mar k)
- F earfulofi nchinganyf urther /
col dshockst rans mi tteddown( 1mar k)
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NB:Acceptar el
atedqual i
fi
erformoodandanyappr opri
atei
ll
ust
rati
onifnotprovi
ded
herein
Donotawar dmar ksfori denti
fi
cat
ionwithoutil
lust
rati
on
h)Paraphras
et hel
as tstanza( 4marks)
Thepeoplewhohads ett hemanablazel eave(1mark)asnormalbusi
nessofselli
ng,
buyingandcheatingres umes( 1mark)
.Thepol i
cemenar r
ive(
1mark)andferryawaythe
remainsofthevicti
m(1mar k)
3.POETRY(20MARKS)
WEDDINGEVE
1
. Theweddingevei
ss uppos
edtobeatimeofj
oyhappines
sandant
ici
pat
ion.The
per
sonahowever
,isr
iddledwit
hdoubt
sandappr
ehensi
on(1mk)
2. t hes
peakerhasorgani
zedtheweddi
ngbuthei
snotsurewhetherornott
otaket
he
oat
htolovef
orever
.Heisdoubtf
ulwhet
hert
herel
ati
ons
hipwil
llast
3. t
hes
peaker
’sat
ti
tudet
owar
dst
her
elat
ions
hipi
soneofdoubtandappr
ehens
ion(
1mk)
4. -
doubt
fuls
houl
dIors
houl
dInot
/wi
lls
hecont
inuet
oloveme.
- fearfulapprehensivefearstot akethemar r
iagevows .
- sus pici
ous–t hes peakerisnots ureoftheloverscommi t
ment .
- Ther het
oricalquesti
oni nthepoem hel pstobr i
ngoutthespeaker’
sdoubtsaboutt
he
relationshi
pandaboutt hecommi tmentofhiswould–bewi fe
5. t heimager yoftheplanei squi t
eappropri
ate.Bei
nginapl anemightbefunbuti
tis
alsover yrisky;youcouldeas ilyloseyourli
feifthepl
acecrashes.Bei
nginadoubtf
ul
relationshi
pi sli
kebeingi nfaultyplane
6. -
Ther
elat
ions
hipi
scompar
edt
oagameofches
sint
hatt
het
wowi
llt
ryt
oout
-do(
1mk)
eachother.Therel
ati
onshipisseent
obel i
keacompetit
ion(1
mk)
“l
eavingthenakedme“ isanexpres
s i
onofdes
olat
ionandhopel
essnes
s.I
fhewer
etobel
eft
hewoul dfeelnakedanduseless
4.I
nmat
es
a)Thes peakeri
sanobs erverwhoexpl orest hroughtheli
feofpri
s oners/
i es 1 1x1mk
nmat
b)Thepoem i stalkingaboutt heli
fe 1i
npr isonwhichisoppressive 1 1x2mks
c)-I
rony 1-nicef ragranceofammoni a
-Rhyme 1-cons i
gnment oppres si
ve
-conf i
nement of f
ens i
ve
-refinement
-Personi
fi
cation 1-t ortur
ousbulbs tarevacantl
yathi m 1
-All
it
erat
ion 1-t orching,tort
urous
d)-Thecoldbitest heirbonesandt heychat t
erthei
rteethfr
om t hechil
l.1
-Thesmellisoff
ens ivewi thf r
eshhumandung. 1
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-Verminsbi
tet
heinmatesunspari y 1 1x3mks
ngl
e)Theinmat
eisinpri
sonbecauseofacer
tai
ncons
ignment 1t
hatheei
thers
tol
eorgot
l
ostunderhi
scare.
f)Regr etful1-her efl

ectsaboutthecons i
gnmentt hatlandedhi
mint hecell
s1
Thought ful-he( thefr
eshinmate)s it
sthoughtfull
y.
Agoni zi
ng-heagoni sesatthelongt ime 1t hathewi llbeinpri
son.Theclockt
ickstoo
slowly.
g)i )Thatr esul
ted/l
edtohisconfinement1
i
i)Thei nmatesdoever yt
hingi ncl
udi
ng l ongcallsinthecel
l.“Thegenti
nvites”
.
2x1=2mks
h)Thes teeldoors uggest
st hatthes ecuri
tywast i
ght1andt heinmatescouldnot
es cape 1 2x1=2mks
5.TheCour ageThatMyMot herHad

a)Thepoem i sabouts omeonewhos emot her hasdi ed 1Themot herleftagolden
broochasgi ftuponherdeat h 1s hereallywi s
hest hemot hercoul dhaveleftbehindher
courage 1Shebel ievest hemot herdoesnotneedcour agei ndeat hbuts he badl
y
needs .Shehowevert reas urethe goldenbr ooch 1 1xanyf ourpoints=4mks
b)F emal e 1t hemot herl eftheragol denbr oocht hatshewear s 1 2mks
c)Thes peakerwi s
hest hemot herhadl eftbehindhercour age 1 .However,itcannotbe
fulf
il
ledbecaus et hemot heri sdead 1 3mks
d)Cour ageous 1-t hecour aget hatmymot herhad/t hespeakerwi shest hatthe
mot herwoul dhav el eftbehindhercour agei nsteadoft akingwi t
hhert othegr ave 1
Id=1 ,ill
ust=1
e)Met aphor 1-mot heri scompar edt oa rockandgr anite 1
Simile 1. .
..
..thecour agel i
kear ock 1
Id=1x2,i ll
ust=1x2 4mks
f) Admi rati
on/l ove/r es pect 2-t hes peakeradmi r
eshermot herforhercour age/her
loveandr espectf orher mot herar es howni nt heways heval uesthebr oochandt he
ways het hi
nks ofhermot herasar ockandagr ani te
Identifi
cationofat titude=2mks,
il
lust.=1 mk
6.
THEPAUPER
i
. Thepersonai sanobser ver/
bystanderü1 et cwhoi sabl etoseethepeopl
ess
uff
eri
ng
andhowdi ff
erentmember softhes ociet
yr eacttohi m
i
i.- Inf
estedwi thji
gger
s -nursi
ngt hejiggersthatshrivelyourbot
tomü
- Cakedf eet-andwhenyout rudgeont hel ornypads
- Shini
ngr ibs-yourr i
bsandbones r ef
lecti
ngt helight
- Inf
estedwi thGee-s quashinglicebetweenyournai ls
- Cleansnai l
swithdrys ali
va
- Emaciatedandcakings ki
nü
- Crouchesi nbeauti
fulverandaü( 4x1 )
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iii
.Us eofs imileü1l ikeababynewl ybor nt oanol dwomanü1t obringoutt hes peci
al
relations hipbet weent hepauperandt heji
ggers
iv.Repet i
tion-pauper ,pauper ü
Rhet or i
calques tions -dar edtof orgetyourpi teousf
ate
Hyper bole-yourr i
bsandbonesr eflectingli
ght
Irony-paupercr ouchi ngi nbeaut i
fulver andasofbeautif
ulcit
iesandbeautif
ulpeople
Sar cas m -andyourMPwi t
has hining headandat ri
plechinwil
lmour nyourfateina
suppl ement aryques t
ionatques tiont i
me
v.Cr i
t i
cal/sarcas ti
candyourmpwi thas hini
ngheadandat ri
plechi
nwillmournyourfatein
as upplement aryques tionatques tiont i
me (2mks )
vi.Themes
- Pover ty-t hepaupescl eaninghi snai l
swi t
hdr ysal
iva,inf
estedwit
hs uf
fer
ingliceand
ji
gger sandcr ouchesi nbeaut i
fulver andas
- PoorLeader shipü1-t heMPgi vesl ips ervi
cet othepli
ghtofthepauperbymour ni
nghis
fatei nas uppl ement aryques ti
onatques ti
ont i
me
vii.
Emaci ated-t hin/weak
Cr ouchi ng-squat ting
Gul li
edl iket hes olesofmoder ns hoes-wi t
hbi gcr
ack
7.out
cas
t
a) ( N.
B.:Thi
smayt aket
woappr
oaches
:Thepl
otappr
oachandt
het
hemat
icappr
oach)
ThePl
otApproach
i) Theymeetandmar r
y
i
i)Apal
echi
ldi
sbor
n
i
ii
)Themandeni
esr
espons
ibi
li
ty
i
v)Theys
epar
ate/
divor
ce
v)Theybot
hdi
e
vi
)Thechi
ldi
slef
twi
thnoi
nher
it
ance/
ther
eisnonext
-of
-ki
n/t
heboyr
oamst
hes
treet
s
(Any4point
seach1mk=4mks
)
TheThemati
cApproach
i
) I
mmorali
ty
i
i) Decept
ion
i
ii
) I
rres
pons
ibi
li
ty
i
v) Pr
omi
scui
ty
v) Thepl
ightofs
treetchi
ldr
en
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dentif
icationoft heme=2mks ,I
llus
trati
on=2mks ,twoill
ust
rati
onspert
hemeeach1 mk
=2mksor1i l
lustr
at i
onand1expl anati
on=2mks )
b)Themot heris
unrel
iable/unr eli
able/unt
rust
wor thy/
immor al
/unf
ait
hful
/decei
tf
ul/
dis
honest
/pr
omiscuous
/t
reacher ous/ t
raitor
ous
Shewant sthemant oacceptrespons i
bil
it
yforachil
dthatheobviousl
yhasnotf
athered.
Themani sblackwhi l
ethechildiswhi t
e.
- Shei ss ecretive
- Sheisir
responsi
ble/
uncar
ing/unconcer
ned-\shel
eavesnoi
nher
it
ancef
ort
hechi
ld.
Shehasnotint
roducedthechil
dt oanyofhiski
n.
- Cal
cul
ati
ng/
cunni
ng/
schemi
ng–makest
hemant
hinkhei
sthef
atherunt
ilt
hechi
ldi
s
bor
n
(1mkf ori dent i

fi
cation,1mkf ori l
lus t
ration.Anyt wot r
aits=4mks )
c)i. di scl aimed–deni ed/refus ed/disagr eed/ didnotagr ee/di
sowned( 1
mk)
i
i.Themot her’shus bandi snott hebi ol
ogicalf at
heroft hechil
d.Thisi
nfur
iatedhim
forbei ngcheat ed.( 1
mk)
d)i. Wehaveapal echi ldfrom abl ackf ather( 3mks )
i
i.Ani l
legit
imat echildf rom al egitimat emar riage
i
ii
. Thebi r
thofachi l
ds houldcons oli
dateamar r
iagebutt hi
soneleadsto abr eak
up.
i
v. Thechi l
dwhohasdonenowr ongi sdecl aredanout -
cast (Any1
pointeach3mks=3mks .)
e)At tit
ude–Pi t
ies/pit
ying/sympat het i
c/pi teous/compas sionat
e.
Theper s onar ecognizest hatt hepoorboys uff
ersbecaus eofotherpeopl
e’smistakes.He
referst ot heboyasa‘ ’
poorchi l
d’ ’
,‘’cas ualt
y’’ands ayshei s‘’
hardl
yten’’
.
(Any1poi nteach3mks=3mks .)
f) - Al lt hatgl it
tersisnotgol d( 2mks )
- hur ryhur r
yhasnobl es sing( s)(2mks )
- Lookbef oreyoul eap( 2mks )
- Mar r yinhas t
e,r epentatl eisur e(2mks )
-whent wobul l
sf i
ght ,itist hegr as sthats uff
ers( 2mks )
- Asyoumakeyourbed,s omus tyoul i
eoni t.(2mks )
8.Or
alpoet
ry
(
a) Loves
ong(
1Mk) -Theper
sonaexpl
ainshi
sexper
ience.
Wi
thhi
sloveacompani
ons
hipt
hathasgones
our
.
(
b) War
ning/
caut
ioni
ngt
hos
eint
endi
ngt
ogetmar
riedagai
nsti
nfi
del
it
yorunf
ait
hful
nes
s.
Encour
agesyoungpeopl
etobepat
ienti
nthei
rst
ruggl
etos
ecur
eaj
ob.
(4Mks)
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c) Repet
it
ion–“
Iwas
”
Personif
icat
ion–Myhear twastel
li
ngme.
Dir
ecttranslat
ion–“ Iboughtmyselfabeauti
fulgi
rl”
Dir
ectaddr ess–“s ohear tyouweredeceivi
ngme”
Morallesson–“ peopleareuntrus
twort
hy”
Donotovert r
ustafriend
(
d) I tisaboutamanwhomar ri
edherbeloved.(boughtabeaut
if
ulgi
rl
”)
Themarri
agedoesn’tl
astast
hebri
deengagesinext
ra-
mar
it
alaf
fai
rs.
(2Mks
)
(
e) Cont emptuous
/hati
ng–Thesi
ngerdoesn’
tli
kepeopl
ewhoareuntr
ust
wor
thy.
Pat
ient - Af t
erabr i
efstr
uggleIgotmyj ob.
Pessi
mist
ic–Therewasnol ookint hi
sword.
(
Anyotherrel
evant(1Mk).–Identi
fi
cat
ion (1Mk)–I
ll
ust
rat
ion.
(2x2=4Mks )
(
f) Tr adi
ngtogetmoney.
F
armi
ng–meat
/Banana. (
2x2=4Mks
)
9.
Theear thdoesnotgetfat.I
tmakesanend-
Ofthos ewhoweart heheadplumes
Wes hal
ldieontheearth.Theear
th
doesnotgetf at
.Itmakesanendoft hos
ewhoacts
wif
tl
yasher
oes
.
Shallwedieont heeart
h?
Li
stenOear t
h.Wes hallmournbecauseofyou.
Li
stenOear t
h.Shal
lweal ldieontheearth?
Theeart
hdoesnotgetf at
.Itmakesanendof
Thechi
efs.Shal
lwedi eonear t
h?The
ear
thdoesnotgetfat.Itmakesanend
Ofthewomenchi ef
s.Shallwedieonearth?
Li
stenoear t
h.Wes hal
lmournbecauseofyou.
Li
stenOear t
h.Shallwealldi
eonearth?
Theearthdoesnotgetfat.I
tmakesanend
Ofthenobles.Theeart
hdoesnotgetfat
I
tmakesanendoft heroyalwomen.
Shallwedi
eonear th?
Theear
thdoesnotgetf
at.I
tmakesanend
oft
hecommonpeople.Shal
lwedieontheear
th?
Theear
thdoesnotgetf
at.I
tmakesanendofallt
hebeas
ts
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Shal lwedi eont heear t

h?
Listenyouwhoar eas leep,whoar eleft
tightlycl os edi nt hel and.Shal lweal lsink
Intot heear th?Li stenO
Eart ht hes uni ss ettingt i
ght l
y.Wes hallenterintotheear t
h.
Wes hallnotent eri ntot heear th.
(From:' TheHer it
ageOfAf ricanPoet ry')
a) Whati st hepoem about ?
(3mks )
b)Whoi st heper sonai nt hepoem?
(2mks )
c)I dent if
yandi llus trateanyt wof eatur
esofs tyl
e us edint hepoem?
(4mks )
d)Whati st het oneoft heper sonai nthepoem?
(
2mks )
e)Whati nt hepoem s howst hatdeat hisindi s
criminateinitsmanifestati
ons ?
(2mks )
f) Des cr i
bet hepol iti
cals et tingoft hecommuni tyfrom whi
cht hepoem or iginates.
(2mks )
g)Whati st hemoodoft hepoem?
(
2mks )
h)Expl ainwhatt heexpr ess ionsbel owmean:
(
3mks )
i) Theear thdoesnotgetf at.
ii
)Thos ewhoweart heheadpl umes
ii
i) Ear tht hes uni ss et ti
ngt ightl
y
answer s
a)Thepoem i saboutt her ampagesofdeat h(1mk)itiscruel(1mk)andi ndiscri
mi nat
e(1mk)
/I t
’sabouthowt heear thdoesnotgetf ataft
ers wall
owingchief
s ,nobles ,beastsand
commonpeopl e
b) t heper sonai sanobs er ver
apot ent ialvi ct im ofdeat h
c)- Repet i
tione. g“ ListenOear th...”
theear thdoesnotgetf at
-Per s oni fication-“ theear thdoesnotgetf at”
-Di r ectaddr ess-“ listenOear th
-Rhet or icalques t
ions-s hallweal ldieonear th?
d)Des per at ion-“ shallweal ls ink”
e)Al ldi e:nobl es ,beas ts,chi ef s
,c ommonpeopl e
f) Chi eftaincy-t heywer el edbyachi ef
g)Sombr e/ s ad“ wes hallmour nbecaus eofyou? ”
i) Peopl econt inuet odi e( bebur i
ed)
ii
)Leader s/ rul ers
ii
i) Emi nentdeat h/near ingendofl i
fe/apparentdeath
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9.Af
ri
ca
1
. He/s hei sanAf ricanwhohasneverbeent oAfrica,butknowsqui t
eal otabouti t
Eg……. .Ihavenevers eenyou
NB:1 mki dent ifi
cat i
on
1mkf ori ll
us tration
2.I tisabouts laver y/ oft heAf ri
cansi nt heirownl andwher etheytoi
l.Sweati ns l
avery
andt heydonotr es i
stbutones eent obel yingdowni ntheweightofhumbl eness
3.1. i ) Per soni f
icatione. g.i)Africai ss eenast hebackt hatbends,li
esdownunder
thewei ghtofhumbl enes s
ii)……………… t hebl oodofyours weat
…………………t oil
…………s laver y
iii
) Pat iencewi ths tubbor nness .
2.Symbol i
s m
Thet rembl ingbacks t ri
ppedr eds ymbol i
zest orture.
3.Repet it
ion
AfricamyAf rica
Africa…………Af rica
IsAf rican………. yourAf ri
ca
iv) Al literationeg
yourbl ackbl oods pil
tovert hef ields
Nomar ksf ori ll
us trat
ionswi thouti dent i
fi
cation
1mkf ori dent ifi
cat i
on,1 mkf orillustrati
on
Alliterateds oundmus tbeunder l
ined
4.Angr y/ accus at ory
Angr y:hei sangr ybecaus eAf ricansbl oodandt hesweatoftheAf r
icansi rr
igat
es
thef i
eldswi t
houtanybenef i
ts t ot hem (Africans)
Accus ator y:heaccus est heAf ricansf ornotdoi nganyt hi
ngabouttheirplighteg
areyout heback …. .
Ont her oadsofnoon?
1mkf ori dent ifi
cat i
on
1mkf ori ll
ust ration
NB:nomar kf ori ll
ustr ationwi thouti dentifi
cation
5.a)I timpl i
est hatmanyAf ricansl i
veshav ebeenl ostthroughruthl
esskill
ingsbyt he
whites .
b)I ts howst heat t
achmentandt hepr i
det hattheper sonafeel
saboutAf rica/hehas
astr ongs ens eofat tachmentt o
Africa.
6.i sn’ti t?
NB:
i) Commaaf tert hest atementmustbef ixed.ifnot ,nomar k
ii) Quest ionmar ki smandat ory,ifmi ssingnomar k.
7.i ) Ser ious ly–s houl dbeanadver b
ii)St rong,noteas ilyhur t
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i
v) Towor
kver
yhar
d/doi
ngs
omet
hingdi
ff
icul
t
1
0.THESMI
LINGORPHAN
a)Theper s onai sanobs erverwhot ellst hes tor yoft hedeceas edandt hes mi l
ingor phan
andt hemour ner s.He/ s heus est het hirdper s on“ Shes athave…. .theys aid.….When
shedi ed…. .t heycame. ”
Identificat ion–1mar k
Il
lustrat ion–1mar k
Totalmar ks=2mar ks
b)
Thepoem i saboutawomanwhowass i
ckandhos pitali
zedf orf i
vemont hs .
- Andwasnevervi sitedbyr elativeswhocl aimedt heywer ebus y.
- Later,t hewomandi esandi roni cally,t her el ativescomet oherf uneralinl ar genumber s
vowi ngt hatt heycannotmi sst hebur ial.
- Dur i
ngt hef uner al,heronl ydaught er( whohads tayed)wi thheri nhos pital )s eems
unmovedandt her elativess tartbackbi ti
nghers ayi ngs hei shar dhearted. Tot almar ks
4
c)Thet it l
e‘ Thes mi l
ingor phan’i sver yef f
ect i
vei nr elationt owhathasbeendes cribedi n
thepoem.
Ithasbeenus edi nr ef
er encet ot hei llit
erat edaught erwhohads tayedi nhos pitalwith
themot herf orf i
vemont hsbutnowi sper cei vedasnotbei nginmour ningbyt heot her
mour ner s .Thi smakeshers mi l
eatt hei rhypocr isy.Shei sanor phannowt hathermot her
isdead.
Anyt wopoi nts=2mar ks
d)Loving/ car ing–Shes atbyhermot her ’ssidet hroughoutt hefivemont hst hemot herwas
hos pitalized.
Res pons ible–Shet akescar eofhers ickmot herwhenot herpeopl e/relativesandeven
herbr ot hergaveexcus esofunavai labili
ty.
Identificat ion–1mar k
Il
lustrat ion–1mar k
Nomar kf ori llustrat i
onwi thouti dent i
ficationandVi cever sa.
e)Repet i
tion–Theycame- --Toi llustratet hef actt hatt hemour nersar r
ivedf ort hef uner al
inlargenumber s.
Rhet or icques tions –Whowoul dl ookaf tert hei rhomes ? Wasi tcrucialthei rpr es ence?
Reveal st heat ti
tudeoft hemour nersatt hebegi nni ng,thatt heywer eindi fferent /not
bother ed.
Hyper bol es tanza( 8)….Thei rt ear ss ockt hei rgar ment s . Enhancest hes atire…. .
Thatt hemour ner scr ymuchandweknowt hatt hei rgr i
efi snotgenui ne. Theyar e
hypocr itical.
Ell
ipsis2ndl as ts tanza. Enhancess us pens e,al l
owsi magi nati
on,andr eveal st hef eelings
oftheor phan/ thes trai
ns he’sbeenunderet c.
1mar kf ori dent ifi
cat ion
1mar kf ori llust ration
1mar kf ori llust rationont heef fect i
veoft heaspectofst ylesoi dentif
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Anyotherplausibl
estylewit
hil
lust
rat
ionsandef
fect
iveness.
Nomar kf
ori denti
fi
cati
on.
Wit
houtil
lustrat
ions.
f
) Sad/melanchol
ic/
somber
/sorr
owful.
Thepoem capturesthel
ossofal ovedone.
1
. Theorphanismourninghermot her
/Shesatbyhermother
/shes
atbyhermot
her
cryi
ngandpr ayi
ngtoGodper hapstosavehermotherdi
es.
Identi
fi
cati
on–1mar k
Il
lust
rati
on–1mar k
Totalmarks=2mar ks
g)i) Theirtear
swer enotgenui
ne/theywerehypocri
ti
cal
.
ii
)She f eltrel
ieved – she had unbur
dened hergrief(
wit
h herl
evert
her
e’s no
condemnat i
on)
1
1.
‘STI
LLIRI
SE’
1.‘Stil
lIr ise’i sapoem aboutt hehi st oryoft heAf ri
can–Amer i
canpeopl e’sdefiance1
towar dst heoppr es si
onmet edt ot hem ass l
avesandbl acks 1 .Thes ubjectmat tercan
alsobeuni ver salnot ionoft r iumph/ def ianceofdownt roddeni noppr essiveregimes .Then
per sonat alksofI ’
mBl ackOcean,l eapi ngandwi de.Als ot alksofhi m/ herbeingt hedr eam
andt hehopeoft hes lave.
2.Thes peakeri shat edpas sionat ely;youmayki llmewi t
hyourhat ef
ulnes s.
Thes peakerandhi s/
herl i
kest hes egr egatedf inancially( res our cewi se)thes peaker
wri t
esof” Iwal klikeI ’ve gotoi lwel ls”pumpi ngi nmyl ivingr oom.
(li
fe)
Thes peaker si nthewher eabout s( life)aremi srepres ent edt wistedandevenf alsif
iedto
negat ehi s/ herexi s t
ence/ s tatus.
3.Attitudeoft r
iumph/ opt imism/ hope.Opt i
mi st
icat ti
tude/ hopef ulat ti
tude.Theper sona
talksof‘ r
ising’I ’l
lr is
eami ds tallthes es etbacks .
Shedes cribesher s el
fast hebl ackocean,l eapingandwi de…… meani ngthats hes ees
her selfmi ght yands trongl ikeanocean.
4.I
mager y
1. Si miles:buts ti
ll,likedus t,I’l
lris e-showshoweas il
ys hewi llrise;causeIl aughl ike
I
’vegotgol dmi nes ,di ggi
ngi nmy
own
back yards howst hatt hroughheroppr essorsmi ghtt hinkt heyhaveendedherby
subject i
nghert opover ty,s ti
lls hewal kslikes hehasal ltheweal t
hi nthewor l
d!
2.Met aphor s ;I’m abl ackocean,l eapi ngandwi de,wel l
ingands wel l
ingIbear .Thi s
power f
ulmet aphor reveal st heover comi ngoppr es sion/thes t
rengthoft he
speakerasabl ackper son/thepos i
tivity.
5.i
) Rhet oricalques t
ions .
Doesmys assines sups etyou?
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Whyar eyoubes etwithgloom?

Thes eandot herques ti
onspr odt hereaderstodeepl yconsiderthes tr
ength/posit
ive
energy/ hopet hatthes peaker
pos ses ses.
ii
) Repet i
tion
I
’llr i
se
StillI’
llrise
Theabovephr aseshavebeenr epeatedseverall
yt ohighl
ightthespeaker ’
sopt i
mism
6.a)‘ Caus eIl aughlikeI’
vegotgol dmi nes’thisshowsherhappi nessthati sexpectedt o
bepos sessedby extremelyweal thy.
Thoughs hehasbeen.
b)‘ Buts til
l,li
kedus t,I
’l
lrise’describestheeas eatwhi chs hewillri
se.Almos t
eff
ortlessly!
c)Iam abl ackocean,l eapingandwi de.Descri
best hes t
rength/t
heni ghtthatshe
posses sesasabl ackwoman.
1
2.IWENTTOCHURCH.
a)Thepoem i saboutaper sonwhohasgonet ochurchtopr ay.

Hepraysforf r
iendsandf oest olivingandt hedead.
Hehadc ommi t tedadul terywi t
ht hes oldier’swif
e.
Heisremor sefulorapol ogeticandas ksforf orgi
veness.
b)Heisreli
gious/ pious–goest ochur cht opr ay–“ Togoandpr ayagain”
Heisimmor al/pr omiscuous–commi tsadul terywiththes ol
di erwife“Whil
eIshothotl
if
e
i
ntohiswife”
c)i
) Repetiti
on–“ Iwentandpr ayed”
i
i)Alli
ter
at i
on–f r
iendsandf oesl i
vel ong
Fighti
ngf or
i
ii
)Imagery( met aphor)–“ Is hothotl if
eintoherwi f
e”
d)i
) Thes peakerengagesi ns exualaf fair
sandi mpregnatest hes oldi
erwif
e.
i
i)Heas ksGodt opreservehi slife s ot hathecangoof t
ent opr ayini
nchurch.
e)i
) Apologet i
c/remor s
eful/reconciliatory.As ksGodf orforgivenes s
.
i
i)Prayerful–“ ThatIlivelongt ogoandpr ayagain”
1
3.THEPRESS
a)
- Di
scr
imi
nat
ion.
Themini
sterssonisaccor
dedmedi
calat
tent
ionwhi
let
hel
essf
ort
unear
enegl
ect
ede.
g.
Ti
naandKas aj
ja’
sonlychil
d.
- Cal
lousness/insensi
ti
vit
y
Themedicals
tuf
flacksconcer
nfort
hepat
ientt
ogetuporl
eavet
hel
ine.
- Negl
igence
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Ti
na’sbedi sinfest
edwi thmaggot
sandhereyesar
eoozi
ngblood.Ki
saj
ja’
sonlychi
ld
di
edduet othenegligence,i
nbothcas
es,medi
cals
tuf
fgi
vesver
yfli
msyreasonsf
ornot
at
tendingtot hepatient
s.
- I
njust
ice/mi suseofpower .
Thej
udgedi
s mis
s esar apecasebecauses evenyear
sol
dvi
cti
mfai
ledt
otes
tif
y.
Any3(1mkidentif
icat
ion,1
mki l
lust
rat
ion) 2×
3=6mks
b)i
) Useofr
hetoricalquesti
ons.
- Howcomei twasnotwhi s
pered?
- Sowasi
sthemount
aindeal
?
i
i)Us
eofhyperbol
icquest
ions
.
- Mount
aindeal–makingabigofanor
dinar
ysi
tuat
ion.
- Boi
li
ngnews–Hotnewsorbr
eaki
ngnews
.
I
nbot hcas esthepersonaiscri
ti
cizi
ngthemedi
a.Itgi
vesexaggerat
edat
tent
iont
othe
minis
ter’ss on’
sminoril
lnessattheexpens
eofthedeservi
ngcases.
i
ii
)Met aphor
- Li
ones sofanurse
i
v)Sat i
re
Thel as tst
anzaunder scorest heper sonat r
eatsi tasat i
psytalkofadr unkyetpoetis
ridiculingthei njusti
cemet edoutt ot helessf ortuned.
1mki dentif
icati
on,1mki llust
ration=2mks
2×3=6mks
c)Bi t t
er/angr y/s arcasticors ati
rical
Theper sonai sdishear t
enedbyt hehypocr i
syoft hepr es
s .I
tlacksneutrali
tyand
focus esont hebog peopleonl y.
1mki dentif
icati
on,1mkexpl anati
on
1×2=2mks
d)Thet itl
eisr elevant:
Thepoeti scas t
igati
ngt hepr essforitspartial
ityandl ackofcommi tmenttoexpos esocial
i
nj ustice;practicedint hes ociet
yyett hepr essi sdutyboundt opr oduceandr el
easefree
andf airnews . (2mks )
e)Thepr essiss upposedt oequal lycoveral ltheci ti
zensandnott obebi ased.Herethe
pr essgki vesnews yett henewsar ebiasedagai nstpeople.
(2mks )
f) Cr awl ed–i nfested
Us hered–di smissed/cancel led
1
4.Thei
rCi
ty
a)- di
ssati
sfi
edcit
yresi
dent
.
Il
lust
rati
on-‘Ci
tyint
hes
unwi
thoutanywar
mth.
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- anor di naryci tyr es ident’

“Wehaves tolledt hrought hedes erts treets” (any1x2=2mks)
b)- aci tyr es i
dentPwhos eesther i
chenj oying t heirlifePandt hepoor
struggl ingt os urvive. ( 3mks)
c)I temphas ises Pont heexcl us i
onofor dinar y r esidentsoft heci t
yf r
om the
pres tigiousl if
eoft her ichandt hef actthatt he
ordi naryr es i
dent sar eawar eoft hi
s.(2mks)
d)- I nequal ity-t her ichar elivingahi ghcl assli
fe,( heavylunch,caret c)whilethe
poorar e s truggl ing( s
nor i
ngi nthecol dwi nd)
- Pover ty-Thepoordonothaves helt
ers,theys l
eepi ncoldwi ndsoft heni
ght.
(2x2=2mks)
e)- Theyar eanxi ousbecaus et heyar elivingaf ake l if
ee. gdr ivi
nghi r
epur chase
cars (
.2mks)
f) - Peopl ewhoar es opoort heydon’ tevenl ook l ike humanbei ngs. They ar e
struggl ingt o s ur viv e. ( 2mks)
g)- Pr etent ious -l ooki ngi mpor t
ant
-hi repur chas ecar .
- Uncar ing -don’ tcareaboutt hepoor
- j us tt hinkoft hems elves.They l i
vel avishl
ywhi l
es omepeopl e have
nowher etos leep.
- Concei ted/pr oud/vai n-l ookingovergol dr immedgl asses .
-l ooki ngi mpor t
ant. (Any1i ll
ustrated-2mks)
h)Sat iri
cal
sar casti
c
2mksi dent ifi
cat ion
1mkf ori ll
ust ration
I
llus tr
ation.
- Ci tyi nthes un
- Looki ngi mpor tant
- Thi cks etdi rect ion
- Readi ngas peech
1
5.Wes ter
nci vi
li
zation
a)Theper sonades cri
best hehous ei nwhi chawor kerli
ves.Thenucl
eii
sashant
y,
whichhavecr acks .Thewor kerdoesa
monot onousj obofbr eaki ngr ockthewhol eday.
b)i)I r
ony:-Wes ternci vil
izat i
onisironicals i
ncethe l ini
ngcondi
ti
onsoft
he“he”i
n
thepoem donots ugges tcivilizati
on
butmi seryands uffer
ing.
-The“ he”i nt hepoem i sgr atef
ult odie
thoughnor mal l
ydeat hi sf eared/noonel i
kesdyi ng.
i
i)Repet it
ion:“ breakingr oc k”//shi f
ti
ngr ock
(acceptanyot hert hatorappr opriate.Imkf or
identi
ficati
on,1mkf ori ll
ustr
ation.Nomar kfor
identi
ficati
onwi t
houti ll
ustr
ation)
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c)Ther epetitionP1 us edinthes t

anzas uggeststhattheworki smonotonous/bor ing
/uninteresti
ng
d)F ood:“ he”di esofhunger .
Clothes :“ amat. .
.isenough...
”s ugges tsthathelacksclothes/beddingtokeep
himselfwar m.
Shelter ”“ he”li
vesinas hanty-“ sheetsoft in..
.ragscompl ete.
..l
andscape.”
e)The“ he”i shappyt odiefordeathbr ingst oanendal lhisproblems.
f) Pover t
yt he“ he”sleepsinas hanty,sleepsonamatanddi esofhunger .
Exploitation:The“ he”engagesi nhar dlabourthroughoutthedaybutt hefactthat
helacksbas i
cr equir
ement ssuggeststhat
heisunder pai d.
g)The“ he”i nt hepoem l ooksolderthanher eall
yisbecaus eoft hest
renuousand
miserablelif
et hathel eads.
h)St arvati
on.
1
6.Beggari
nat
hreepi
ece
(
a) Adel egat ef rom at hirdwor l
dcount r
yPwhohasgonet oseekf orf unds/ai df r
om the
I.
M.F,Wor l
d Bankoradevel opedcount ryt oal l
evi atefami nePi n hi sorhercount r
y.
“Myr us tyi nter-Nat ionBeggi ngbowl. .”
P
“Thedeat hoff ood. ..render edmypeopl et hin.” (
3mks)
(
b) Thepoem t al ksaboutmi splacedpr iori
tiesus uallyexhi bit
edbyt hel eader s
hipi nthe
underdevel opedcount ries.P Thel eadershipconcent r
atesonhowt heycanwas tefunds
onexpens ivecl othingandl uxur iousfli
ghtsPwheni nact uals enset heci t
izens
aredyi ngofhunger .P Thedonor sdecli
net oas sistbecaus eofmi splacedpr iorit
ies.
P
(4mks)
(
c) Thel eader s hipofunderdevel opedcount ri
esi ns ens i
ti
vityt opeopl e’spres si
ngneeds
issatinzed.PThel eader sconc ent rat
eonbei ngonexpens i
vef li
ghtsanddr essingin
impor t
edgar ment swhi l
et hepeopl earehungr y.P
“Buts ir,..
.. /Butyours ui
ti sbeaut if
ul/hones tly.”P
Thel eader sonl yconcent rat eonwhatbenef it
st hem att heexpens eoft hecount r
y
men;t heyr i
skdeat h becaus eofext r
avagantl eader sP (
. 4mks)
(
d) Sar cas t
ic/Sat iri
cal/Bi tter.P
Thet unei sus edt obr ingouts atireont heleader s/i ronyoft hel eader ’
slif
esasoppos ed
totheirs ubject s .P
Bitt
ernes sbr ingsoutt hei nsens itivi
tyofthel eader st ot hepl ights/pr oblemsoft he
commonpeopl e. P (3mks)
(
e) - Theai dhe/s hei ss uppos edtogetwoul dhav beenmi susedorembezzl edby
leaders .
P
“Hasdeni edmeaf ortune”
- Thecount rymenar el i
kel yt odieofs tarvation.P
“Andmycount r
ymen,l if
e.”
- Donor sf ellthatt hebor roweri sextravagant .
P
“InaPar isianText il
e.” (
3mks)
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(
f)i
) Heboardedabigpl anethatcruis
edattopspeed.P
ii
)Thoughexpensivelydress
ed,he/shefeel
suncomfort
abl
eaboutbei
ngext
ravagant
whil
ethecount
rymens uff
er.
P
i
ii
) Theyent ir
elydependonnat uref
orthei
rexi
stence.
P
1
7.Whi
techi
ldmeet
sbl
ackman
(
a) Ameet
ingbet
weenabl
ackmanandayoungwhi
tegi
rl
.√1
mk
Theyounggi
rlhaspr
obabl
ynots
eenabl
ackmanbef
ore√1
mkands
hei
samazed.√1
mk
I
texposest heignor
ancet hatexist
sbetweenr
aces.√1mk
Themanal lowsthechil
dtoexami nehim/themotherdragst
hegir
lawaybeforesheful
ly
sat
isf
ieshercuriosi
ty.√1
mk (any3x1=
3mks)
(
b) Herr eacti
onmakeshi mf eelasifs
hedidnotconsi
derhim ahumanbeing.√1mk
I
llust
rati
on:
“Nof urnos cal
esnof eathers”√1mk
Hei sfri
endly/under st
anding.√1mk
I
llust
rati
on:
“Iturnedwi t
hhello”√1mk
“Hell
oIs mi l
edagainandwat ched”√1mk
Hedoesnotcondemnher √1mk /Heaccept sgi
rl
’sreact
ionasi nnocentcur
ios
ity.
I
llust
rati
on
“Justal i
fesil
houette”/“ AsIwat chedt
hem bi
rdsweresinging”√1mk
(Awar d2mar ksforther eacti
onoft hewhi
teand2mar ksforhowt hepersonafelt
)
(4mks )
(
c) Bot har e:
Shocked–Themot herishorri
fi
edbutt hegirl
’seyesgetwiderbutnotherli
ps.
Thegi r
lisgenui
ne/s incere/innocentwhil
et hemotheri
spr ej
udi
ced/discri
minat
ive/
contemptuous/hos t
il
e.
Il
lus
trati
on:
Thegi r
l,“i
shistummybl ack?”
Themot herishorrifi
ed“ gr
aspedherhandands wungtowardsthecrowd.”
(3mar kscomparisonand3mar kscont
rast)
(
d) Si mil
es√1mk –“ Ili
keagiraffeands heamous e.
”
Showsenor mouscont rastinsizebet weent hepersonaandt hegirl

.
“Shes t
oodasl ovelyaslight.
”
Showshowmucht heper sonawasi mpr essedbyhers incereinnocentcur
iosi
ty.
Metaphor√1mk–Jus tasas il
houette,wildands tr
angeandcompul si
ve.
Tot hepersona,thechi l
dwascompl etelyincapableofbecomi ngreconci
ledtothef
act
thatthi
swasahumanbei ng. Met aphorpor tr
aysment alconfl
ict
.√1mk
Hyperbole√1
mk–“ Nof ur
,nos calesnof eat
her s..
”
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Deli
ber
ateexagger
ati
ontoshowt
hei
mmensi
tyofthechi
ld’sdi
lemma,she’snevers
een
suchanani
malorabi r
d.√1
mk (
Any1ident
if
iedt
r ai
tandil
lust
rat
ion=2x2=
4mks)
(
e) That :
Li
femustgoondespi
tether
aci
aldi
ff
erences/raci
alprej
udi
ces.√1
mk
Natur
eisnotaman.√1
mk
Natur
estaysi
nhar
monywhil
eman,withabil
it
yt oreas
on,behavessens
eles
sly.√1
mk
1
8.TheTwi
st
a) Ayoungmangoesoutf oradancei
nat ownatni
ght√1
.Hemeetsmanygir
lsof
dif
fer
enttypesandwi
nsonefort
hetwi
stdance√1
.Headmirest
hegir
l’
sdancemoves
anddesir
esher√1.
b) i
) Sens
eofs
ight
-“l
iket
his
”–s
eens
itt
ingdown. (
1mar
k)
ii)Senseoffeel
ing–“ f
eelyourbell
ytwi
st”
iii
) Senseofhearing-“jukeboxhi
ss”
iv) Senseoftouch-“trytoholdher” Any 3 x 1= 3 mar
ks(
id½
i
ll
ustrat
ion½ )
c) Themes .
- sociali
nteract
ion-personameetsagi rlandbef r
iendsher.
-peopl
ei nteract
ingint hetwi
stdance.
- Twistdance/dance–t her ei
sat wi
stdanceoni nt heshant
ytown.(Any1theme-i
d
1
mk,il
lustr
ation1mk)
d) At ti
tude- admi rat
ion/ador
ati
on-“reallydidthet wis
t”seethebell
ytwi
st
- t
he persona i
s at
tract
ed by t he appear
ance and danci
ng
pr
owes
soft
hegir
ls.
(
Any1,i
d1 mk,i
ll
ust
rati
on1mk)
e) Rhyme- down under mi s
s t
wist
Town t
hunder hi
ss wr
ist
Repeti
ti
on-…l ikethis,t wist
Onomatopoeia–hi ss,t hunder.
All
it
erati
on–bl ack…br own
Assonance-hunger …t hunder
(Anythree,id1mk,i l
lust r
ati
on1mk)
f
) - Hef oundagi rl√1
- Managedtodancewi
thher√1
g) i) Agi r
lwhowasnei
therbr
ownnorbl
ack(
1mar
k)
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ii
)List
entot
helasts
trai
nsoft
hemus
icands
til
lcr
avef
ormor
e(1mar
k) (
Tot
al2
marks)
1
9.DEATHOFMYFATHER
a) Theper
sonai
sachi
ld(
1mk)
.‘Myf
ather
’sdeadl
if
est
il
lli
vesme.
’
(
1mk)
b) Thepoem t alksabouttheabj ectpover

t yi
nwhichtheper s
ona’sfamil
ylivesunder
(1
mk)./Thes t
ruggleforsurvi
valbyt heparent
swhichisheredit
ary(1
mk).‘Iammyf ather
,
mys on’.However,thepersonaisopt imi
stict
hatthr
oughhi m,hisf
ather’
sdr eamsand
aspi
rati
onswillbefulf
il
led(1mk).‘Iwil
lawakenhissleepyhopesandyear nings’
.
(1
mk)
(
2mksf
ortheexplanat
ionand1
mkf
ort
hei
ll
ust
rat
ion)
(3marks
).
c) Sarcast
ic,scornf
ul,s
mil
e( 1
mk)-itbr
ingsouthi
sfat
her
’ss
uff
eri
ng./
showst
he
per
sona’ssarcasm onhisf
ather’
sst
ate(1
mk).
Squattedinas
ickl
ymudhous e(1
mk)-i
temphasi
zest
heabjectpovert
yinwhichthe
persona’sf
ami
lyli
vedunder
(1 .Thes
mk) t
udentmusti
dent
if
ythealli
ter
ati
ontoscore
(2marks
)
d) I rony. ‘
Hebui
ltc
olonialmansi
onsbutsquat
tedi
nas
ickl
ymudhous
e.’I
tshowst
he
povert
yinwhicht
hepersona’sfat
herl
ived.
Met aphor .‘Sand- paperhands .’Itisas i

gnoft hetoughl if
et heper s
ona’ sfatherhasgone
through./ Thes tr
uggl eshehasgonet hrough.
Repet iti
on.‘ Ididnotmour nforhi m. ’I
temphas i
zest heper sona’sopt i
mism.
Sarcas m.‘ Hiss weatwashi soi ntmentandper f
ume. ’Showst hehar dmanualwor kthel at
e
fat
herdi d.
Cont rast.‘Hebui ltcol oni
almans ionsbuts quattedi nas ickl
ymudhous e.
’’I tshowst he
pover tyinwhi cht heper sona’ sfatherli
ved.
(Acceptanyot herr elevants tyle;Identi
ficati
on+i ll
ustrati
on1 mk,comment1 mk)
(4mar ks )
e) Hewant stof ulfi
llhisfather ’
sdr eamsoff reedom andhappi ness( 2mks )
.‘Hisdreams
offreedom andhappi nesshadbecomemys ong( 1
mk) .’
/Hei shopef uloropt i
misti
ct hat
hewi l
lawakenhi sf ather’
shopesanddr eams( 2mks ).‘
Iwi l
lawakenhi ss l
eepyhopesand
year nings’(1
mk) (3marks)
f
) Acar
penter
.‘Hefashioneddini
ngtabl
es,chai
rs,war
drobes
’/‘
Thehammer
,thes
aw
andt
heplanewerehistools’
(1
mark)
g) i ) Theroughhandswereasi
gn/t
esti
monyoft
het
oughl
if
e/s
uff
eri
ngt
heper
sona’
s
f
atherhadgonethroughduet
opover
ty.
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i)Hel
ooksol
dert
hanheact
ual
lywas
.
i
ii
) Hewi
llf
ulf
il
lhi
sfat
her
’spl
ansorwi
shesorambi
ti
ons
.
h) Sar
casti
c.‘
Hebui
ltcol
oni
almans
ionsbuts
quat
tedi
nas
ickl
ymudhous
e.’
(
2mks)
Di
sdai
nful
,theper
sonaisext
remel
ycont
empt
uousoft
heki
ndofl
if
ethef
atherl
ived.
‘
wit
hhischildr
enhuddl
ed….
20.
TheGour
dofF
riends
hip.
a) Thepoem i sabouthow humanbei

ngs√1havemademanydiscover
ies√1yetthey
havenotdi
s cover
edawayt omakefri
ends
hipwit
hthei
rfr
iendswork√1byfi
ndingout
whattheyl
ike√1 3mks
b) Theyhel puss eehowwehavel os

tcuri
os i
tyasar esul
tofdis
cover
ies(l
ine1)They
als
ohelpuss eehowmas smedi aandcommuni cat
ionhavemadeuslosecommunicati
on
andknowledge(l
ine3-4)Theotheronechal
lengesustoknowhowwecangett hewayto
thehear
tsofourbr ot
herstoknowwhattheylikeandthusconti
nueinfr
iends
hip(l
ine11
)
(
identi
fi
cati
oneff
ect√½ √½) 3mks
c) Thetoneofthepoem i
saconcer nedtone,as at
ir
icalone/cr i
ti
calt
onei
nthatwe
havelostcommuni
cati
oninmas smediaandlostcuri
osit
yindiscovery
(i
denti
fi
cati
on2mks,I
ll
ust
rati
on1mk) 3mks
d) i)Sat
ir
e√1-wearemockedf
orl
osi
ngcur
ios
ityi
nournei
ghbour
sandbr
other
sthough
wear
emakingdi
scover
iesi
not
herar
eas√
i
i) Par adox √ - you never know your as
pir
ati
on unt
ilyou have s
een ot
her
s
di
sil
lus
ionment√1 4mks
e) i ) Thepersonaisworr
iedaboutf
ail
uret
ohaveur
get
oinventwhatpl
eas
esour
br
other
sandnei
ghbours√2 2mks
i
i)Noef f
orthasbeenmadet of i
ndawayt othebrother
’sorneighbour’
shear
t
2mks
f
) The persona thi
nksrelat
ionshi
pshave s uf
fer
ed si
nce people ar
e notwil
li
ng t
o
di
scoverwhatpleasest
heirbrother
sorf
riends√1
2mks
Thet i
tl
eisappr
opr
iat
esincet
hepers
onat r
iest
owonderi
nthepoem whathasaf
fect
ed
f
riendshi
psandhowtheycanbecont
ainedascont
enti
scont
ainedi
nagourd√1
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21
.Themef
orEngl
ishB
(
a) blac
kmani nAmeri
ca/Afri
can-
Amer
icans
tudent
-“Iam t
heonl
ycol
our
eds
tudenti
n
(
nomarkwi
thouti
ll
ust
rat
ion)
(
b) r aci
sm-hei sdi
scri
minat
edbasedonskincol
oureducat
ion-Af
ri
can-
Amer
icans
acquireeducat
ionbutinanindi
scr
imi
nat
elymanner
(
c) s omber
,sol
emn,seri
ous-t
heblacks
tudenti
sinacl
assdomi
nat
edbywhi
tes
tudent
s
‘
'someti
mesperhapsyoudon’
twanttobepartofme.
”
(
d) want
stopr
ovet
hathei
sjus
tli
keot
her
s,hi
scol
ournot
wit
hst
andi
ng.
(
e) Cont emplat
ive/
int
ros
pect
ive-t
heper
sonai
sexami
ningt
hedi
ff
icul
tis
sueshei
s
under
going.
(
f) “
Har
lem,Ihearyou.
”
(
g) Si
mil
ari
ti
es-bot
har
ehumanandhaves
ameneeds
.
Di
ff
erences-theyarefr
om di
ff
erentraces(blackandwhit
e)
Not
e:thereshouldbecleari
ndicat
ionofs i
milar
it
iesanddi
ff
erences
(
h) anuneas yone/notcl
osetooneanot her.
Ther
eismutualrespect/t
oler
ancebecaus
etheyar
ereal
lypar
tofeachot
her
.
(
i) isi
treal
lythatsi
mple?
(nomarkifques
tionmarkismissi
ng)
Neit
heryounor1wantt obepartofeachot
her.
(nomarkifthet
wopr onounsi
.e.youandIarei
nter
changed)
22.
THEWARLORD
(
a) Thepoem t al
ksaboutanarmythatisappr oachi
ngavi l
lageandthet hi
ngsthatare
donebyt hearmy–cutt
ing,t
hrushi
ng,slashingetc. Thereacti
onofthepeopleisthatof
subser
vience,f
ortheyarebarr
en,bleak,blackened,shat
tered,st
eri
le,andstr
icken.
(
b) Thepoeti scont
empt
uoustowardsthewar
lor
d. Thewarl
ord’
sact
ionsar
e
condes
cendi
ngandthepoetdoes
n’tadmir
ewhattheydo.
(
c) Thes epar
atedwordsrevealthekneej
erkdecis
ionsmadethatai
m atdest
ruct
ione.
g.
cut
,thr
us t
,plungeet
c. theymi mickt
hedestruct
ionmetedonthepeoplebythe
membersof t hewarl
ord’
sar my.
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(
d) Ast hewar
lor
ds t
ri
vestoconcur
,hedestr
oyswhathe/
shedesir
est
oconcur
. The
pr
ais
eshegetsareasaresul
tofcoer
ciont
hati
swhyitis‘s
hri
ll
.’
(
e) (
i) Gl
oryawai
tst
hewar
lor
d–wi
thr
egalgl
oryandgl
ist
eri
ngepaul
ett
es.
(i
i) Throught hewarl
ordisover j
oyedbyallthe“success”t
hepeopleconcurredare
unhappytheirvoicesaresharperands harper
.
Metaphor-‘ Amaggotr i
ddledremnantofaonces erenewor l
d.’
Ef
fect
sofwar
Theciti
zensgr oanundertheat r
ocit
iescommittedbyt
hewar lor
dandhis/herar
my–The
pl
under,rape,cas tr
ati
on,tor
ture,kil
li
ngetchavedevastati
ngeffect
sonthecit
izens.
23. VERONDEATHBED.(
ATAXDRI ByTi
mot
hyWangusa)
a)Itisaboutat axidr i
verwhopr edi
ctshi sdeat hduet ocarelessdri ng.(
vi 3mks)
b)Ar es i
gned/pes simist
icatti
tude-Thet axidrivepr edi
ctsthathisdeathwillbecausedby
anacci dent
andheaccept sit.(2mks)
c)Theper sonai sat axidri
ver. Thet itl
e( 2mks)
d)Thet axdr i
verpr edictsthathisdeat hwi l
lres ultf
rom aroadaccidentyethei ssti
lldoing
thej ob.
(i
ronymus tbebr oughtoutcl earl
y)
e)Al l
iterati
on. -‘ Thati nsil
ences eemst os immerands tr n.(
ai 1mk)
I
tenhancer hythm /mus ical
lymaki ngt hepoem memor ableandi nt
erest
ing.(1mk)
Met aphor-Met al
licmons ter-t orefertot het axiasamons t
ert oshowt hatthetaxiwil
l
l
eadt ohi sdeat hj ustasamons tereat sit
spr ey.
f) Tomeant hatthewi l
lbepar tofthes tati
sticsoft hosewhohaveper is
hedt hr
oughr oad
accident.( 2mks)
g)Ar oadacci dentthr oughover speeding.(1mk)
Attemptt hef orbi
ddenl imit.(
s 1mk)
h)Anyr el
ev ant/appr opri
atetite.(
l 1mk)
24.
YourCi
gar
ett
eBur
ntt
heSavannahGr
ass
.
(
i)Theper sonaappeal sf orthreet hings.
Sight-“ colourmel tsatyours t
ar e”
Touch-t ouchi nhear t
Hearing-“ l
istentot heboi l
ingpot ” (3mks)
(ii
)Thes ubj ectmatteroft hepoem.
-Theper sonamaki ngani nvit
ationtohi sfoe/adversary.
-Accus eshi mf orbei ngt hecaus eofdiscomforthe’sexperi
enci
ng.
-Pers onai sof f
endedbyt headver saryands uff
eri
ng-i npai
n.(e.
gcolourmel
tsyour
t
aste) ( 3mks)
(
ii
i) As pect sofs tyl
e.
(
a) Rhet or i
calques t
ion -“ Whatdoyouhear ”?
-Provocabl et oreader s’/audiencefeel
ing.
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(b) Per sonifi

cat i
on -‘ t
ouchi t
sheart’-t heboi
li
ngpotispersonif
iedt
ohave
ahear t.
(c) I mager y -met aphor‘boil
ingpot’ (6mks)
(iv) ( a) Theper sonacal ls/i nvi teshisadversar
yt ocomeandexperiencethetroubl
e
/di scomf or tthathehascaus ed.
(b)I timpliesani ncitementt hathasresult
edt obetr
ayalofhi
sdisappear
ing
cons cience. (4mks)
(v)Des per ate/hopel essness/di sil
lusion(mood)-“ Theeart
hatthetouchofyourfi
ngers
cr acked”
thes corpi onbi tmeandIcr i
ed.” (2mks)
(vi) At titude
-Dis l
ike/di sdainful/unf or giving.
-Theper sonaf eelsbet rayedhi sadversar
y.
25.
THEVI
LLAGEWELL
(i
)Theper sonaisamalel
over–hes ays,‘Byt
hiswel
l--
--If
ir
stnot
icedher
’
(
ii
)Thesigni
ficantofthewel
ltothepersona.
- Obtai
nedf res
hwaterfr
om itwhenhewasyoung.
- Hemethi
sbel
ovedbyt
hewel
l.
- Hehasf
ondmemor
iesf
ori
t“-
---
-memor
iesl
inger
”
- Heus
edt
hewat
ert
ocl
eanhi
msel
f–wher
emanyaneveni
ngi
tscl
eanwat
ercl
eaned
me.
(
ii
i) I
mager
y-Per
soni
fi
cat
ion
 Thes
ilentmoonwi
tnes
sed
 St
il
lwat
erss
til
lqui
etl
ywhi
sper
s
(
iv)
(a)Dr
eadedhauntofthelonghairedMusambwa–meansthepersonaisbei
nghaunt
ed
bythefondmemor i
esofhislover(Musambwa)whoi
snowdead.
(
b) Is awheri
nthec oolofared,redeveni
ng–meanshes awherintheeveni
ngwhen
thesunwassett
ing.
(
c) I tisdarkbythewel
lthatst
il
lwhi
sper
s–meansthatt
her
eisnohopeandt
hatnot
hing
i
sinterest
ingbythewellnowthats
heisnol
ongerther
e.
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(
v)Themoodi nthefi
rstsi
xs t
anzasisnos
tal
gicbecauseofthef
ondmemori
esofthegood
ti
meshehadwi thhislovedone. However,inthel
asttwost
anzas,t
hemoodissad
becausehisbel
ovedisdeadandwhatr emainsaresadmemories
.
(
vi)
Thepersona’
satti
tudetowardsdeat
hisdisgust
ing–ofdampdeath,t
herot
ti
ngfol
iage
reeks.
26.
OldandNew
(
a) Thepoem i saboutawomant hathadbeenmar riedbutnowdi vor
ced 1
Shemeet samanwhohadbeenherhus band 1 andenquireshowt hemanisfai
ri
ng
wi
thhisnew
wife 1inrespons eherfor
merhusbandconcludest hatt
here’snotmuchtoadmirein
t
henewwi f
e
astherewasi nt heold 1 (any3x1=3marks)
(b) Wi thil
lustr
ati
onsi dent
if
yonesimi
lari
tyanddi f
ferenceinthetwowi ves
. (
4
marks
)
(
i) Botharebeaut i
ful 1 inbeaut
yoffacethere’snotmucht ochoose 1
(
ii
) Theol
dwif
ewasmor
ehar
dwor
kingt
hant
henewone 1 Thenewwi
fecanonl
ydo
ani
nchaday
ofsilkembr oiderybutt heol donewoul ddomor ethanfivefeet 1

(Acceptanypl ausiblediff
erences)
(
c) ( i) Repet it
ion 1 eg.Hus band,s he,mynewwi f
eetc 1 cr eat es
rhythm/ memor abili
ty/
mus i
cality 1( anyoft hethr eeeffects1mk)
(i
i) Al lit
er at
ion 1 went…….Wi l
dher bs 1
mount ai n…… met
cannot…… coul d
Cr eatesr hythm/ memor abil
ity/musical
ly
(i
ii
) As sonance 1 wi l
l……. wi l
ty 1
(i
v) Cons onance 1 down……. .mount ain
Cr eatesr hythm/ memor abil
ity/musical
ly 1 (
Identif
icationandil
lust
rat
ion
toscore)
(
d) Hi spr esentwi femaybemor eeducat ed/ l
earnedbuthedoes n’tfindherpleasantor
attr
activei nhert al
k/shedoes n’tinteresthim withherdiscussion 2
(
e)- Di vorceandr emar riageareal l
owed
……Herf ormerhus band
……Mynewwi fe 1
- Womenkneeldownbef oremenasas ignofrespect…. .
’Sheknel tdown…..1
- Women’ sdut iesi nvolvecol l
ectingher bs,sewingandembr oidery 1
(
f)I
ronical 1…. .thenewwi llnotcompar ewi t
htheold. 1
27.
THATOTHERLI
FE
a) Thedayof“
fi
naluni
on”r
emi
ndsofj
oy/peace/pl
eas
ureandcar
ethey
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pr
omi
sedeachot
her
.
(Anythr
ee=1mkeach)
b) Thepersonahasf ai
ntmemori
esofj oyf
ulmoments/whent heyfeltli
keone/when
theysaweachot her’si
mageeverywhere/andlovedeachot herli
kel i
tt
lechil
dren.
c) Thepersonai
sr egretf
ul(
1mk)hefeelsthatt
hey’
venotli
vedunt othepr omis
est hey
madet oeachother . (
1mk)
d) i) Theper sonaandpart
nerfelthappyinspi
teofhappinessors orrow(1mk)
forbot
h hadonehopei nlif
e,t obehappyandunitedinpur pose.
(1mk)
ii
) Theywer einnocentaboutt heirf
eel i
ngstowardsmaki ngeachot herfeelloved/
fl
att
er ed. (2mks )
i
ii) Thepersonahopedf oral if
eofpr osperi
ty.( 1
mk)l oaningmoney/f arms/
cows . (3mks )
e) Repet i
ti
on–‘Ihaveonl yf
aintmemor ies’
Ther epeti
tionemphas izest heper sona’
sfeelingsof
regret.
Simil
e –‘ Weprais
ed. .
.li
kelitt
lechil
dreninl ove’–br i
ngsoutt hes enseof
deepl ovetheyhadf oreach (
1mk)
f
) Themoodoft hepoem isnos talgi
c( 1mk)andr egr etf
ul
(1mk)
28.Mygr
andmot
her byEl
izabet
hJenni
ngs
a)Theper s
onai sagr andchild√“ Mygr andmot her”√
b)-St
anza1 :des cri
bershergr andmot her√
-St
anza2:des cr
ibesthei ncidencewhi chcour segui
lt√
-St
anza3:s howshergr andmot herinretir
ement √
-St
anza3:af terhergr andmot herhasdi ed,thepoetrefl
ectonhergrandmot
her’
sli
feand
herownmemor i
es √
c)I
magesus edi nclude:
-Si
mile-likeant i
queobj ects√,t oshowper s
ona’sobjecti
ontothewayhewast r
eatedby
thegrandmot her √
-Metaphor -Thes mell
sofabs ences√;t hepl acesmeltold√
d)Theper sonaf eelsindif
ferent √t owardshisgr andmother.“andwhens hedi
edIfeltno
gri
efatall”√
e)Toool
dtol
ookaf
tert
hes
hop
- Symbol
icofherdeat
handabs
ence√
f
) Thepersonausesaregret
fult
one.√Hes ai
d“Is
til
lcoul
dfeelt
hegui
lt
Ofthatr
efusal
,gues
singhows hefel
t’
’√
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g)I
tmeanst hatthegrandmotherwasatt
achedtothethingsshehadbut s hedidn’
treal
ly
usethem.√Theydi dnothaveanyval uetoherapartfrom bei
ngattachedtot hem.√
h)Thepersonafeelsguil
tforhavi
ngf
ail
edtoaccompanyhi s/
hergrandmot herout√becaus
e
he/s
hedi dn’
twantt obeus edasoneoftheantiqueitem.√
29.Ri
dingChi
nes
eMachi
nes
(
a) Thepoem i sabouthowt henat uralhabitathasbeeni nvadedby
developmentbyt heChi nese. Bui ldi
ngsandr oadshavemadet henat uralhabi
tatto
giveway. (
3mks )
(
b) He/s hehat est hebeas ts–he/s hes aysthattheycr ankandcr eak
andgr oan.
(
c) Allit
eration–cr ankandcr eak.
Personif
icati
on–bur iedmar velr umbl es .
(
d) Thedevel opmentt alkedabouti sdestructi
ve–i nt hepr ocesstowers
andr oads,theenvi ronmenti sdes troyed.
(3mks )
(
e) (i) Themachi nesar edr ivenbythel ocals–Af r
icans.
( 2mks )
(i
i) Thewi l
dli
fe’shabi t
atisdes troyedbyt henewdevel opment .
(2mks )
(
f) Environment aldegr adation–Thenat uralhabitatisclearedt opave
wayf orthenewr oadsandbui ldings .
Neo-colonial
ism –t hes earenewmas ter swhohavet helocalsass ubjects.( any
onet heme 2mks )
(
g) Thet itl
ei sir
onic–i tport rayswhateverisgoingoni nthet extas
enjoyableyetthedes truct
ioni snegat ive. Therei snoenj oyabledes tructi
on.
(2mk s)
30. Sympat
hy
a)
Thepoem i saboutabi rdthatiscaged. Itisconfinedanddeni edf reedom .I
tcannotenj oy
theor dinarypl easureofnat ure–t hes unshine,thebr eezeandt heperfume f r
om
fl
ower s.
Thebi rds truggl estol i
beratei t
s el
fbuthur t
si t
selfinthepr oces s( any3poi ntsx1)3mrks
b)
s
t
1 st
anza–al ienation–thebi rdisal ienatedfrom allthatisnat uralanddes i
rable,feel
ings
ofnos talgiafordays whenhe/ sheenj oyedf r
eedom .
2r dstanza–f reedom des cri
besat tempt sbyt hebi r
dtoes cape. Thes tr
ugglei spainful
,
effort
st oes capear emetwi thbr utali
ty.
3rd s
tanza–Pr ayer-focus esonpr ayer. Othermeanshavenotyi eldedr esult
s.Thebi rd
appeal sfori nterventionfrom ot hers ourcesper hapsas uperiorfor cewilll
iberateit.
(6mr ks) (2pers tanza) ( 3x2)
c)
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Sympatheti
c – Sympat hieswit
ht hecagedbird
Al
asexpressespit
y,graphi
cdescri
pti
onofthebi rdsfeeli
ng
el
ici
tspity fr
om t he r
eader
Empatheti
c-Hekeepss aying“Iknowwhatcagedbi r
ds puthims elf/hersel
fin
theshoesof t hebir
d
Hopeful–Onedaythecagedbi r
dwi l
lexperi
encef
reedom (any2x2)=4mr ks
(I
denti
fi
cat
ionswit
houtill
ust
rati
onnomar k)
d)
Hehi ms elf/
her selfhads ufferedatt hehand oft hecr ueloppr essors‘deni
edfreedom,
tortured.Hemayhaveal sos uff
ered phys i
cal&psychologicalinjury.Hecondemnst hos
e
whocons pir
et os ubj
ectot her stoal i
feofs l
averyandmi sery e. g.Detenti
on
,I
mpr isonmentandconf inement (
3mr ks)
e)
“Ther iverfl
owsl ikeas tr
eamofgl asses”Showswhat t hebirdyear nsforbutcanthave.
Riverr epres
ent sal if
eoff reedom,s t
andsfornaturalbeaut ythatthecagedbi rdisdenied.
f
i
) Meanst hatthef l
ower spr oduceas weets mellt hatgives muchj oybutthecaged
birdcantacces ss uchl uxur y.
Otherbirdsoutt her eenj oyt heperfume( 1
mr ks)
g) Thecagedbi rd
pr ayerforthef reedom ( 1
mr k)
(anyot herrelevant–awar d)
31
.Fami
ne
(
a)Thepoem i saboutanencounterbetweent wonei ghboursduringfamine. Oneoft hem
has foodthathe stubbornlyrefus
est oshar ewi t
hhishungry‘ br
other’.
(b)Thenei ghbourhopesthatbybei ngpers i
stent,theowneroftheyam wi l
lrel
entand
givehi m
some. Al t
houghtheownerdeni esever yt
hing,theneighbours howshi m heknows
thathe( theowner)isref
usingtoownupt het r
uthwheni tissoobvious . The
neighboural s
ohopest oprickhis“fr
iend’s”cons ci
ence. Hehopest hatguil
twil
l
forcet heowneroftheyam t osharetheyam.
(c) Theowneroft heyam i

s:-
(i
) Mean/s el
fish-i
nspit
eoftheef f
ort
st heneighbourmakes ,heref
usestoshare
his f
ood.
( i
i)I
nnovat i
ve/s chemer/creati
ve-Hef ormulat
esqui ckanswerstocount
eractwhathis
neighbours ays .
(d)Thei deophoneswor dsare“kerekere”and“ bi
”.
(e)Thenei ghbouri sver
yobs er
vantbecaus ehenoticesthingsl
ikefi
reandas s
oci
ateit
withthe mealt heownerwant st
opr epare. Healsonot i
cestheowner’s“ski
n”i
s“ al
l
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whi te”ofcour se t hewhi t

enessisfrom t
heyam peeli
ngs
. Theowneroft heyam
refutesever yt
hing. Butt he owneri snotfooled.
(f
) Bi tt
er,di s
mi ss
ive-Ther ecannotbepeace. .
.
(g)Thes tatement“ Peacebewi t
hyou”i si
roni
cbecausetheneighbouri
sprobablybei
ng
sarcastic. Hecannotbewi shingsomebodywhohasdeni edhimfoodpeace. Hehas
madet heowneroft heyam guil
ty. Apersonwithagui
ltyconsci
enceisunli
kelyt
o
havepeace.
(h)Wel ear nthatwes houldsharewhatwehavewi tht
heneedy. Whenwedon’ t,we
cannothavepeacewi t
hour s
elvesorothers.
32.BUILDING THENATI ON
a) 2voi cesi nt hepoem
i) Thedr iverwhodr ivest hePst ot hel uncheon.
“Idroveaper manents ecret ary. ”
ii
) ThePs“Iat tendedt omat ter sofs t
at e.
”
NB.Mus tident if
yandi llust ratet os core2mks
Nomar kf ori dent if
icat ional one
b)Thepoem i saboutadr i
verwhodr ivesaper manents ecret
aryt
oani mpor t
ant
f
unction”whi ch t ur nsout t obeal uncheonwher edi f
ferentmealsareserved,butt he
dri
veri snotgi venany hencehegoeshome hungr ywhi lethePsisoverfed
c)Poet i
cdevi ces
i) Ryme-Nat i
on/f unct ion,f riend/ahead,gr ain,againe.t.
c
Eff
ect i
venes s-Enhancesr hyt hm
ii
) Al li
teration-Col dBel lbeer. ..
.....
...
..
...
...
cof feet okeept hePs. ....
...
..
...
...
..
Eff
ect ivenes s-mus ical
ly/r hyt hm
ii
i)Repet i
tion-bui ldingt henat ion
Eff
ect ivenes s-Enhancesr hyt hm /mus ical
lit
y
Anyot herr elevantans wer
NB:I dent ify,ill
us trateandgi veef fectivenes sinor der toscore (3mks )
d) Tonei ss at i
rical/s arcas ti
c-Thewr i
ters cornst hedut i
esperf
ormedbyt hePsin
thegui seof bui l
di ng t henat ion.ThePsonl ygoest oluncheonstoeatyetclaimst obe
buil
dingt he nat ion.
e) Cont empt ous /spi teful/condes cendi ng.ThePsr efers tohi
sdriveras
“Mwananchi ”
f) Rhymes cheme abcbd
I
rregularonecannotpr edi ctt henextpat tern
h) di dn’the?
i) Theper manents ecr et arywasdr ivenback.( byme)
33. Or
alpoet
ry
a) Wars ong-
we s hal
lkil
lhackandcure
b) Toencour agethewarrior
sast heypr
eparet
oleavef
orwar
Toprai
set hewarr
iorsastheygot owartheuni
for
medmachi
nes
Usedtointimi
dat
et heenemy-repeti
ti
onofbl
ood
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c) Repetition-bl oodi r
onandt rumpet s
Directaddr ess -singersofthedat sunblue,f or
wardwedr ivebr
eaki
ngrecords
Directtrans lat i
on-letthebul letsfindtheirt arget
s
d) War -lett hedogsofwarr ej
oice
victor
y-f or war dwedr i
vebreaki ngr ecords
e) socialact ivi
ty:goi ngtowar -‘dogsofwar ’
Economi cact ivit
y:blacksmithing-thement ionofiron
f) War ri
orspr epar i
ngf orwarasi tisbeings andt oinspir
eandencouragethem
g) Thes tatementmeanst hatthear mywhi chi saseffi
cientasamachineisaround
h) Moodi st ens ed/ofanxi et
y-onl ythroughf ire
34.SECONDOLYMPUS
a)Coloni
ali
sts
.√“……withhalfdi
ges
tedal
ient
hought
”√“
……t
heyhur
leddown
thunder
boltsonat
oil
ingr
aceofeart
hworms.”1x2
b)Bitt
er ness
;t hepoett al
kswithi
ronyandsar
cas
mtos howhi
scontempt.
√1x2
“…. .s
trangeprejudi
cef
orgods.
”√ “….
.sel
f
proclaimeddemi -gods.
”√ “
…. .mart
yrsandmenoof
hi
ghi deal
s.”√ “
……benevor entdespot
stoan
unwillingrace.” Any1x1mark
c)Theal
iensdest
royed√ever
ythi
ngt
hatwasnoti
mport
anttotrhem.
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