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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE – GRADE 10

TASK 7. 2: Paper 2

2.5 hours

80 MARKS

Examiner: N.Ntjana Moderator: E. van der Berg

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of TWO sections and EIGHT pages:
 SECTION A: POETRY (30)
 SECTION B: DRAMA (50)
2. Answer the five questions in all:
 ANY TWO SEEN POEMS
 UNSEEN POEM (COMPULSORY)
 DRAMA – CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONS (COMPULSORY)
 DRAMA – ESSAY QUESTION (COMPULSORY)
3. Length of answers:
 The essay question on Poetry should be answered in 150-200 words.
 The essay question on Drama should be answered in 300 to 350 words.
4. Follow the instructions at the beginning of each section carefully.
5. Number your answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this
question paper.
6. Pay attention to mark allocation.
7. Draw in line after each question.
8. Write neatly and legibly.
SECTION A: POETRY
SEEN POETRY
Answer any TWO of the following questions.
QUESTION 1: ESSAY QUESTION
Read the poem below and then answer the question that follows.
Caged Bird Maya Angelou

A free bird leaps 1

on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing 5
in the orange sun rays
and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage
can seldom see through 10
his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill 15
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill for the caged bird
sings of freedom. 20

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn-bright lawn
and he names the sky his own.

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams 25

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings

with a fearful trill 30
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird 35
sings of freedom.

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The poem Caged Bird by Maya Angelou portrays freedom and slavery, hope and
despair racial segregation and injustice that existed against African Americans in the
past.

Discuss how the above statement (theme) is reflected in the poem by close reference
to tone and imagery.

Your response should take the form of a well-constructed essay of 150–200 words).
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QUESTION 2: CONTEXTUAL QUESTION

Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do not shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, 5

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; 10
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
2.1 Refer to line 1: “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

Explain why it is appropriate to for the speaker to compare his beloved to a

summer’s day. (2)

2.2 The speaker describes summer as a season of extremes. Give TWO points
of evidence from the poem. (2)

2.3 Discuss the structure of the Sonnet. (3)

2.4 Refer to lines 13-14.

Identify and discuss the theme evident in the rhyming couplet. (3)

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QUESTION 3: CONTEXTUAL QUESTION

Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.

Hope is the thing with feathers Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers - 1

That perches in the soul-
And sings the tune without the words-
And never stops- at all-

And sweetest - in the Gale- is heard - 5

And sore must be the storm-
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm-

I’ve heard it in the chillest land-

And on the strangest Sea – 10
Yet, never, in Extremity,
It asked a crumb -of me.

3.1 Refer to Stanza 1.

State where hope resides and what it often does. (2)

3.2 Refer to line 4: “And sings the tune without the words”

Comment on the tune that is sung with no words. (2)

3.3 Identify the figure of speech used throughout the poem and explain its (3)
effectiveness.

3.4 Discuss the relatability of the poem’s theme to its readers. (3)

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UNSEEN POETRY (COMPULSORY)

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QUESTION 4: CONTEXTUAL QUESTION
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.

Poem for My Sister Liz Lochead

My little sister likes to try my shoes,

to strut in them,
admire her spindle thin twelve year old legs
in this season's styles.
She says they fit her perfectly, 5
but wobbles
on their high heels, they're
hard to balance.

I like to watch my little sister

playing hopscotch, 10
admire the neat hops and skips of her,
their quick peck,
never missing their mark, not
overstepping the line.
She is competent at peever. 15

I try to warn my little sister

about unsuitable shoes,
point out my own distorted feet, the callouses,
odd patches of hard skin.
I should not like to see her
in my shoes. 20
I wish she could stay
sure footed,
sensibly shod.
Glossary
Strut – walk with a stiff, erect and apparently conceited gait.
Spindle – a slender rounded rod
Peever – another word for hopscotch

4.1 Briefly state the theme of the poem. (2)

4.2 Refer to line 6-9: “She says…hard to balance”

What do these lines imply about the little sister? (2)

4.3 Refer to Stanza 2. The speaker describes and admires how her little
sister plays hopscotch.

Discuss how the imagery in this stanza contrasts that of Stanza 1. (3)

4.4 Discuss the tone in Stanza 3 by referring to the diction. (3)

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TOTAL SECTION A: [30]

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SECTION B: DRAMA

QUESTION 5: ROMEO AND JULIET – ESSAY QUESTION

William Shakespeare creates all characters in his plays meticulously. In Romeo and
Juliet, characters contribute to different aspects of the play. The contribution may be
minor or major but remains significant.

In a well-constructed essay of 300–350 words (1 ½ pages) discuss the characters and

roles of The Nurse, Prince Escalus (Prince of Verona) and Friar Lawrence in the play.

QUESTION 6: ROMEO AND JULIET – CONTEXTUAL QUESTION

Read the extracts below and then answer the questions that follow.

EXTRACT A

TYBALT: This, by his voice, should be a Montague.

Fetch me my rapier, boy.
What dares the slave
Come hither, cover'd with an antic face,
To fleer and scorn at our solemnity? 5
Now, by the stock and honour of my kin,
To strike him dead, I hold it not a sin.

CAPULET: Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so?

TYBALT: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,

A villain that is hither come in spite, 10
To scorn at our solemnity this night.

CAPULET: Young Romeo is it?

TAYBALT: 'Tis he, that villain Romeo.

CAPULET: Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone;

He bears him like a portly gentleman; 15
And, to say truth, Verona brags of him
To be a virtuous and well-govern'd youth:
I would not for the wealth of all the town
Here in my house do him disparagement:
Therefore be patient, take no note of him: 20
It is my will, the which if thou respect,
Show a fair presence and put off these frowns, An
ill-beseeming semblance for a feast
TYBALT: It fits, when such a villain is a guest:

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 I'll not endure him. 5

[Act 1 Scene 5]
6.1 Place this scene into context. (2)

6.2 Refer to lines 4-5: “Come hither…our solemnity”.

(2)
What is Tybalt accusing Romeo of?

6.3 Describe Tybalt’s character using evidence from the extract. (3)

6.4 Account for the repetition of the word ‘villain’. (2)

6.5.1 Explain how Capulet describes Romeo. (2)

6.5.2 Critically discuss how this description contribute to your understanding

of Romeo and Capulet’s characters. (3)

AND

EXTRACT B

JULIET: O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet.

ROMEO: [Aside] Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this? 5

JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;

Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part 10
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes 15

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 Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.

ROMEO: I take thee at thy word:

Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized;
Henceforth I never will be Romeo. 20

JULIET: What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night

So stumblest on my counsel?

[Act 2 Scene 2]

6.6 Refer to line 1: “O Romeo Romeo!…”

Explain what Juliet means. (2)

6.7 Discuss the effect of the dramatic irony the [Aside] line 5. (3)

6.8 According to Juliet, what does a name signify. Substantiate your

answer with evidence from the extract. (3)

6.9 Explain lines 18-20. “I take thee…Romeo”. (3)

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TOTAL SECTION B: [50]

GRAND TOTAL [80]

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