YEAR 10 POETRY TEST

YEAR 10 POETRY TEST

NAME : __________________________ DATE : ______________________

Define the following

connotation

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metaphor

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tone

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mood/atmosphere

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alliteration

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onomatpoeia

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3 MARKS

Name the three types of poetry that we have studied this term and state 2 features of each.

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3. Study the following poem and in the space that follows , describe 1 technique that the author has used to express his feelings. ( You need to refer to at least three specific parts of the poem )

SON OF MINE

1. My son, your troubled eyes search mine, 3. When lives of black and white entwine,

Puzzled and hurt by colour line. And men in brotherhood combine

Your black skin as soft as velvet shine; But I’ll tell instead of brave and fine,

What can I tell you , son of mine? This would I tell you, son of mine.

2. I could tell you of heartbreak, hatred blind,

I could tell you of crimes that shame mankind,

Of brutal wrong and deeds malign,

Of rape and murder , son of mine; Kath Walker

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4 MARKS

4. Write half a page on the following statement .

" Randolph Stow’s For One Dying has both a positive and a negative tone "

You must make specific reference to the text and refer to at least THREE different techniques by which Stow establishes his tone, including sentence structure.

FOR ONE DYING

Miss Sutherland MacDonald, 1873 - 1956

Now, in that place where all birds cease to sing ,

and paths grow faint and melt into the hills,

you pause , tasting the wind; for it is spring,

and down on Ellendale’s wide water spills

a dust of petals. In this last September,

opening your hands to seize the golden light

(your hands, which flowers and animals remember,

and trees, and children) you will enter night.

I am no more the child whom you made cry

so readily with your sad ballad-tales,

not skilled to soothe the life that prays to die,

not skilled to pray. But must, since all else fails,

trust that your Lord, who owes you some amend,

grant you a quiet night, and a perfect end.

Randolph Stow.

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8 MARKS

Read the following poem and answer the following questions.

A CHILD HALF ASLEEP

Stealthily parting the small-hours silence,

a hardly-embodied figment of his brain

comes down to sit with me

as I work late.

Flat-footed, as though his legs and feet were still asleep.

On a stool, staring into the fire,

his dummy dangling.

Fire ignites the small coals of his eyes :

it stares back through the holes

into his head, into the darkness.

I ask what woke him.

"A wolf dreamed me, ‘ he says.

Tony Connor.

Which type of poem is this ? __________________________________________________________
Give 1 reason to support your answer ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Find 2 examples of personification in this poem and state why you think the author used them

6 MARKS

The following poem has a very important theme.

Outline the theme
Describe the importance of imagery to convey the theme of the poem.

FROM A STREET CORNER

Like snails I see the people go Some peer about , some creep on blind,

Along the pavement , row on row; But not one leaves his shell behind.

And each one on his shoulder bears And I , who think I see so well,

His coiling shell of petty cares - Peer at the rest but cannot tell

The spiral of his own affairs. How much is cut off by my shell.

Eleanor Hammond

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5 MARKS

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

MESSAGE UNDERSTOOD Gareth Owens.

The Scantext stutters I await further instructions.

‘ALERT’ in my brain. "IF EACH HUMAN PLAYS HIS PART

I await further instructions. THEN NO ONE WILL BE GUILTY.’

The message come through. Message understood.

‘SOLUTION CONCERNING THE ROBOTS.’ I prime my hand laser.

This has been expected . My robot turns to me

I await further instructions. With something in his face

My personal robot tries to read That in a man you might call fear.

The message in my brain For three seconds I squeeze the trigger.

But my hypocrisy defeats him. The fine rod of light penetrates him.

He smiles back at my false smile. He falls to the ground

In many ways he is almost human. His eyes turning to water.

The message is absorbed. Something like a song

‘THE ROBOTS HAVE OUTLIVED THEIR USE’ Invades his throat

THEIR AMBITION THREATENS US.’ And his mouth leaks red.

I await further instructions. Soon the threat will be over

‘LAST WEEK THREE OF THEM If all humans do their duty.

WERE SEEN DANCING AND SINGING Humming to myself

IN THE DESERTED BALLROOM.’ I await further instructions.

How does the author create the impression that the humans in this story are no longer human ? ( Give two reasons )

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Explain why this poem is a didactic poem .

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Summarise the plot of this poem.

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Describe the conflict in this poem

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5 MARKS

Read the following poem and then write your own in the space provided in the same style and with the same subject matter.

We hired a car and set out northwards through

a landscape copied from China: bamboos

brushed in on mist; the grey lace of precipices

hung from mountain outlines in the sky;

Indians dressed in collie straw under the slant

of rain; a stork in silhouette transfixed in a

swamp; soft, melancolic, water-washed

colours.

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TOTAL : / 40 = / 20 = %