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IJMB Literature 103 Past Questions 2008
INTERIM JOINT MATRICULATION BOARD EXAMINATION 2023
SUBJECT: LITERATURE- IN- ENGLISH, PAPER III: POETRY
DATE SCHEDULED: 18TH JULY, 2023
TIME ALLOWED: THREE HOURS (3 HRS)
INSTRUCTION: Answer question ONE (1) from section A, and from sections B and C.
SECTION A: UNSEEN POEM (30 marks)
- Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
THE MESH
We have come to a crossroads
And I must either leave or come with you
I lingered over the choice
But in the darkness of my doubts
You lifted the lamp of love
And I saw in your face
The road that I should take
QUESTION
- What is the subject matter of this poem?
- What was the dilemma which the poet found himself in? How was it finally resolved, and what made him choose the way he did?
- Why do you think the poet chose this particular title for the poem? How does it tie in with the poem itself?
- Identify four literary devices in this poem
- Comment on the form of the poem
- Read the first and last lines of the poem again. What strikes you most?
SECTION B: NON- AFRICAN POETRY
Answer ONE (1) Question from this section
WILLAIM BUTLER YEATS: SELECTED POEMS
2. ‘’Yeats is a more lively and optimistic poet than other modernist poets who are morbid, sardonic and pessimistic in their outlook of life’’. Expatiate this assertion with reference to four poems.
3. Discuss Yeats’ use of history in his selected poems
EDWARD BRAITHWAITE: THE ARRIVANTS: A NEW WORLD TRILOGY
4. With reference to the poems in ‘Right of Passage’ discuss Braithwate’s deep search for roots and identity.
5. Comment on the style of Brairthwaite’s The Arrivants
