Language, Landscape, and Poetic Craft · CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2

7 past-paper questions on Language, Landscape, and Poetic Craft, part of Module 2: Poetry, from every CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 paper on Quelpr.

1. 7(i)3 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Identify the poetic device in "We sit on her white bed/ in this white room" (lines 5–6) and comment on its effectiveness.
2. 7(ii)3 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Identify the poetic device in "The Caribbean sun winds up the world like an old alarm clock" (lines 7–8) and comment on its effectiveness.
3. 8(i)2 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Explain in your own words the meaning of "We fell through our own footprints" (line 12).
4. 8(ii)2 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Explain in your own words the meaning of "I talk winter real for her" (line 17).
5. 94 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1Explain the contrast in the poem between lines 21 and 25, and say why it is important in the context of the poem.
6. 460 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 2With reference to THREE poems by a single Caribbean poet, demonstrate the extent to which sound is central to poetic meaning.
7. 640 marks· CAPE Literatures in English Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Discuss the extent to which you agree that Kendel Hippolyte's use of language shows him to be an unpredictable and inventive poet, with reference to at least THREE assigned poems from Night Vision.