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AS Level Paper 3: Poetry
Poems on Relationships I
Follower by Seamus Heaney
Elegy for My father’s Father by James K.Baxter
Praise Song for My Mother
Language and Form Questions
1.How is the title significant to the theme of a parent-child in each of these poems?
2. What special lexicon is employed by both Heaney and Nichols while they create the personas of a father and a mother respectively?
3. How important is the refrain ‘ You were’ at the beginning of each stanza in Praise Song for My Mother?
4. How do you interpret the concluding verbs of each stanza in Praise Song for My Mother?
5. Identify the relationship between the four metaphors used by the poet in relation to the ‘praise’ that she writes of her mother.
6. How does the poet of Follower develop a sense of awe for his father using specialized choice of words?
7. The second stanza of Follower begins ‘ An expert.’ Does this bring an abruptness in the tone ?
8.Evaluate the effect of the enjambment in lines 8-9 and 22-23.
Structure and Form Questions
1.How do the form and structure of the aforementioned poems contribute towards the theme of relationship between young and old?
2. What is effect of the isolated occurrence of the last line in Praise Song for My Mother?
AS Level Literature 9695 Paper 3: Songs of Ourselves
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Paper 3:Poetry-Themes of War
AS Level Literature in English
Course No. 9695
Paper 3 Poetry Section
Section 5, Songs of Ourselves
Poems on the theme of War
- Anthem for Doomed Youth- Wilfred owen
- My Dreams are of a Field Afar- A.E. Houseman
- Attack-Siegfried Sassoon
- Cambodia- James Fenton
- You Cannot Do This- Gwendolyn MacEwen
- Reservist- Boey Kim Cheng
Anthem for Doomed Youth- Wilfred owen
My Dreams are of a Field Afar- A.E. Houseman
Attack-Siegfried Sassoon
Cambodia- James Fenton
You Cannot Do This- Gwendolyn MacEwen
Reservist- Boey Kim Cheng