CSEC English A · January 2013 · Paper 2 · Question 2(d)
What is the difference in the poet's use of language in the first two stanzas and the last two?
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- 2(a)Identify TWO features of the city landscape on which the moon shines.[2 marks]
- 2(b)(i)In stanza 3, what action does the poet suggest the moon should take?[1 mark]
- 2(b)(ii)What reason is given for this action?[2 marks]
- 2(c)(i)What figure of speech is used in the last 2 stanzas?[1 mark]
- 2(c)(ii)Identify an example of simile used in the poem.[1 mark]
- 2(e)How is the reaction of the landscape in stanzas 1–3 different from the reaction in stanza 4?[2 marks]
- 2(f)Identify TWO expressions which show a contrast between the moon and the objects below.[2 marks]
- 2(g)(i)What does the moon offer in the final stanza that it does not offer before?[1 mark]
- 2(g)(ii)Quote the expression which suggests that this offer will be gladly received.[1 mark]
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