Grade 10 English Paper 2 Literature June 2015 Task 7 Time: 1h30
WYNBERG BOYS¡¯ HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
Grade 10
English Paper 2 Literature
Marks 60
June 2015
Task 7
Time: 1h30
Instructions:
Section A: Poetry
- Question 1 is compulsory.
- Choose 2 questions from the remaining 3 in this section.
- You must therefore answer 3 poems in total. [10 + 10 + 10 = 30 marks]
Section B :Romeo and Juliet
- There are 3 contextual questions.
- You must answer each one.
[10 +10 +10 = 30 marks]
SECTION A POETRY
UNSEEN POEM
(Compulsory)
MANTIS
Vocabulary:
5
Puckered: wrinkled, creased
Looming: large
Inclined: motivated, persuaded
Improbable: unlikely, doubtful
Whelm: engulf, submerge, bury
Demonstrably: evidently,
obviously, able to be seen
Beseech: Beg, ask
10
15
1
Green as an early leaf in Spring
He was, and no less green for being
Caught green-handed on an Autumn day
When puckered browns were everywhere.
My looming shadow held him there
In such a zone of worry as may
Make the least inclined to prayer
Suddenly inclined to pray.
It is improbable of course
That he could take the longer view
Beyond my local whelm of force
And pray in aid some primal Cause
Of whose effects we two were two;
Yet demonstrably there he was,
Clasping each green hand in each First in my shadow as if to beseech
And later, when my shadow withdrew,
As if in such thanksgiving mood
As those least given to gratitude
Are not entirely stranger to.
Robert Dederick
20
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Question 1
1.1 What is the figure of speech used in line 1?
(1)
1.2 Explain the humour in ¡®being caught green-handed¡¯ in line 3.
(2)
1.3 Why, in line 4, should ¡®puckered browns¡¯ be found everywhere?
(1)
1.4 Explain the meaning of the phrase, line 11, ¡®my local whelm of force.¡¯
(2)
1.5 Use adjectives to describe the two prayers prayed by the insect.
(2)
1.6 What is the attitude of the poet towards the insect? Give a reason for your answer.
(2)
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Select any two of the following three poems and answer the questions below each.
Question 2
The Discovery
JC Squire
There was an Indian, who had known no change,
Who strayed content along a sunlit beach
Gathering shells. He heard a sudden strange
Commingled noise; looked up; and gasped for speech.
For in the bay, where nothing was before
Moved on the sea, by magic, huge canoes,
With bellying cloths on poles, and not one oar,
And fluttering coloured signs and clambering crews.
And he, in fear, this naked man alone,
His fallen hands forgetting all their shells,
His lips gone pale, knelt low behind a stone,
And stared, and saw, and did not understand,
Columbus¡¯ doom-burdened caravels
Slant to the shore, and all their seamen land.
5
10
12
2.1 In terms of its format, what kind of poem is this?
(1)
2.2 What is the mood of the first three lines of the poem?
(1)
2.3 Why does the man attribute the ships¡¯ appearance and movement to magic? (2)
2.4 In which 2 ways is the man¡¯s reaction to the ships¡¯ arrival expressed?
(2)
2.5 In what 2 senses are the caravels doom-burdened?
(2)
2.6 Why is the verb ¡®slant¡¯ particularly appropriate in this context?
(2)
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Question Three:
An Ordinary Day
Norman MacCraig
I took my mind a walk
Or my mind took me a walk Whichever was the truth of it.
The light glittered on the water
Or the water glittered in the light.
Cormorants stood on a tidal rock
5
With their wings spread out,
Stopping no traffic. Various ducks
Shilly-shallied here and there
On the shilly-shallying water.
An occasional gull yelped. Small flowers
Were doing their level best
10
To bring to their kerb bees like
Aerial charabancs. Long weeds in the clear
Water did eastern dances, unregarded
15
By shoals of darning needles. A cow
Started a moo but thought
Better of it ¡ And my feet took me home
And my mind observed to me
Or I to it, how ordinary
Extraordinary things are or
20
How extraordinary ordinary
Things are, like the nature of the mind
And the process of observing.
3.1 Two unusual images occur in the first 5 lines. Suggest the poet¡¯s intention in using them.
(2)
3.2 ¡®Shilly-shallied (line 9) is a verb but also a figure of speech. Which figure of speech is it?
(1)
3.3 How effective is the simile in lines 13 and 14?
(2)
3.4 How does the poem reflect the poet¡¯s process of daydreaming? Make reference to both the content
and format in your answer.
(3)
3.5 Comment on the metaphor in the first line of the sixth stanza.
(2)
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Question Four:
The Donkey
GK Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings
The devil¡¯s walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me; I am dumb
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet.
5
10
15
4.1 What is the purpose of the startling images in the poem¡¯s first 3 lines?
(2)
4.2 How do the donkey¡¯s physical features represent a parody of other creatures?
(3)
4.3 Apart from the physical characteristics, what words/ phrases suggest that the donkey is
considered an outcast?
(2)
4.4 Put into your own words, ¡®I also had my hour,¡¯ line 13.
(2)
4.5 What was the donkey¡¯s secret?
(1)
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Total for Section A = 30
Section B Drama:
Romeo & Juliet
Shakespeare
Read the extracts below and answer the questions which follow each.
Question 5:
Act 2 Scene 3
Friar: Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here!
Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear,
So soon forsaken? Young men¡¯s love then lies
not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.
Jesu Maria! What a deal of brine
Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!
How much salt water thrown away in waste
to season love ¡there¡¯s no strength in men.
Romeo: Thou chidest me oft for loving Rosaline.
Friar:
For doting, not for loving, pupil mine.
Romeo: And badest me bury love
Friar:
Not in a grave
to lay one in, another out to have.
Romeo: I pray thee, chide me not. Her I love now
Doth grace for grace and love for love allow.
The other did not so.
Friar:
O, she knew well
Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell.
But come, young waverer, come, go with me.
In one respect I¡¯ll thy assistant be.
For this alliance may so happy prove
To turn your household¡¯s rancour to pure love.
Romeo: O, let us hence! I stand on sudden haste.
Friar:
Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.
5.1 What is the criticism the Friar has for young men¡¯s love and for Romeo¡¯s love for Rosaline? (2)
5.2 According to the text, how do Rosaline and Juliet differ in their love for Romeo?
(2)
5.3 How does Friar Lawrence intend to ¡®be an assistant¡¯?
(1)
5.4 What reason does Friar Lawrence give for wanting to help Romeo?
(2)
5.5 Explain the expression, ¡®your households¡¯ rancour.¡¯
(2)
5.6 Briefly explain what happens in the next scene.
(1)
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