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Poetry Question Paper
Poetry
Course:Bachelor Of Arts In Literature
Institution: Kenyatta University question papers
Exam Year:2010
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
MOMBASA CAMPUS
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR
OF ARTS AND BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
ALT 302: POETRY
DATE: Friday 9th April, 2010
TIME: 8.00 a.m. ? 10.00 a.m.
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INSTRUCTIONS
(a)
Attempt THREE questions ONLY.
(b)
You are strongly advised to be CLEAR, PRECISE and ILLUSTRATIVE.
1.
From your own exposure/experience, clearly demonstrate what you understand by the term ?POETRY? as a literary genre.
2.
What significant strategies would you employ in order to make poetry enjoyable and meaningful to a given class of students?
3.
Attempt to compose a sonnet (A POEM OF 14 LINES) on any ONE of the following themes:
(a)
HUMAN LOVE
(b)
UNFULFILLED DREAMS
(c)
OUR TOMORROW
4.
Quite often, poetry has been seen by both teachers and learners as a difficult area of study. Do you agree?
5.
Comment systematically on the use of language/symbolism in the following poem and indicate its overall impact on the reader:
The Necklace by Peter A. Ganira (KENYA)
From a distance I watched,
Fearful of inching any further,
A cold sweat trickled rivulets,
Cold shocks transmitted down my spine,
Making me shiver at noon,
Undaring to approach the form.
Around me,
Whispering voices hummed,
Voices hoarse and voices shrill,
Of infants neglected on mothers? backs,
Of law-enforcer with baton in hand,
Vainly hiding his cowardly heart,
I only heard the voices,
A continuous drone around me.
I had seen it all,
Unbelieving eyes in awe,
Of man?s superior intelligence,
I had seen the beastly man,
Evolution reversed in seconds,
Blood-letting with speed and thirst.
It was over in minutes,
The necessities of execution availed,
The Firestone tyre,
Petrol in blackened tin,
And igniters in numerous hands,
Each participant ready and anxious,
To set the man aflame.
As the smouldering form blackened,
Smell of sizzling flesh filling the air,
Piercing the nostrils,
And choking me breathless,
I watched in wonder,
Witness to an unwritten law.
As the crowds dispersed,
The haggling and bargaining resumed,
Buying, selling and cheating,
As men in uniform arrived,
Bearing away the charred remains.
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