Poems (ANSWERS)

Section D

1. What Has Happened to Lulu

SET 1 (a)

32 a. In Lulus room
b. Lulus younger brother / the persona
c. Confused / Worried / Sad
d. (i) She had an argument with her mother.
(ii) She had a fight with her mother.
(iii) She wanted to have more freedom.
(iv) She was being influenced by her friends.
(Accept any possible answers)
SET 1 (b)

(a) i. The personas mother and Lulu

ii. Lulu has gone away in a car / Lulu has run away in a car / Lulu is being driven away in a car
(b) Somebodys cry / Someones cry
(c) Accept any reasonable answer. Sample answer:

Set 1(c)

(a) an old rag-doll / a doll / a shoe / a doll and a shoe 1

(b) She is upset / angry / sad / frustrated / emotional / stressed / in disbelief (with what was written
in the note)
(c) Accept any of the following:
The voices belong to:
i. Lulu and her boyfriend
ii. Lulu and her mother
iii. Lulu and her friend(s)
iv. Lulu's boyfriend and her mother
v. Lulu's kidnappers
vi. Lulu's mother and the kidnappers

(d) Accept any two reasonable / relevant answers:

i. They are influenced by the wrong company of friends
ii. They want to get away from overprotective parents
iii. They want to be free
iv. Peer pressure
v. Parental neglect
vi. Personal problems
vii. Teen pregnancy
viii. Drug addiction
ix. Abused by parents / siblings
Set 1 (d)
(a) i. It was windy and the window is opened
ii. her money-box
(b) the mother does not want the persona to know what was written in that note
(c) Lulu ran away from home

Set 1(e)
32 a) Lulus sibling / Lulus brother / Lulus sister
b) Line 10 And why do the tear-drops fall
c) She was sad because Lulu had run away.
d) Factor 1: Argument with parents / family problem(s)
Factor 2: Peer influence / Any other acceptable answer

2. A Poison Tree

SET 2 (a)
a. Anger
b. Deceitful
c. The personas foe eventually died. He was glad to see his foe outstretched beneath
the tree
d. i. Talk to my enemy and solve the problem
ii. ignore my enemy

Set 2 (b)
(a) His anger intensified / grew.
(b) The apple referred to the personas anger / hatred.

(c) He felt happy because his foe fell into his trap.
(d) i. I would advise my friend to speak honestly to his foe so they could clear the
misunderstanding between them /
ii. I would advise my friend to forgive his foe because being angry would only hurt
him and his foe
(Accept any two logical answers)

SET 2 (c)
a. He told him his wrath
b. He watered it in fears and tears and sunned it with smiles and deceitful wiles
c. The personas anger / the poison tree / the tree
d. Yes / No with an acceptable reason

SET 2 (d)
(a) friend / foe / enemy (only 1 is accepted)
(b) grow
(c) the wrath
(d) (i) upset/sad/ unhappy (any suitable response)
(ii) no one to talk to / no one to share (any suitable response)
SET 2 (e)
a) I told it not
b) i) watered it with tears
ii)sunned it with smiles
iii)(sunned it) with soft deceitful wiles
Choose any TWO answers
DO NOT accept if students answer water it/ put water/ give/ sun (shine)
c) i) happy/ glad (idea of happiness must come through)
ii)Accept any logical answers

3. The Living Photograph

SET 3 (a)
(a) three / 3 / three years old 1 mark
(b) Allow lifting: Her soup forgot to boil / She forgot to boil her soup 1 mark
(c) smiling / living / breathing 1 mark
(d) Accept any two reasonable answers. Examples:
Buy them presents each
Cook their favourite dishes
Take them for holidays/vacation
Compose songs for/about them
SET 3 (b)
1. The personas grandmother
2. She became small and short with her back round and hunched
3. It is described as an awful, unknown and unthinkable.
I think she feels the other world is a terrible unknown place and she cannot understand the living
condition there.
4. The persona and her grandmother
5. Broderie anglaise
6. Her skirt was pleated and the shoes were flat.
7. I think she was getting old and forgetful
8. Where: By the grandmothers side
Reason: The persona mentions her big hands hold mine
9. a. We must treasure our loved ones when they are alive
b. It is difficult to lose a family member
10. The photograph represent the memories the persona has of her late grandmother
11. 3 years ago
12. Her soup forgot to boil
13. I think it is probably because the photo was taken when the writers grandmother was younger
14. White hand in black hand
4. The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Set 4 (a)
1. The poem is mainly about a battle where six hundred soldiers rode into a trap and were
attacked by the enemy on three sides.
It shows the courage of these men who obeyed a command to charge even though they
knew it was a mistake.
2. The poem describes the courage of soldiers who obeyed an order that would cause them to
lose their lives. It describes the horrific situation they faced when they were attacked on
three sided by fierce gunfire.
It is saying that we should respect that kind of courage.
I agree that such courage deserves respect.
3. The general tone of the poem is that of praise and amazement at the courageous action of
the soldiers.
4. The personification of death helps the reader to picture the horror of the battlefield where
the six hundred soldiers were killed.
5. It creates a strong beat that reflects the galloping horses or marching soldiers.
6. It is called the valley of Death to emphasise that it is the place where the soldiers will die in
battle.
7. The pronoun he refers to the leader of the six hundred soldiers.
8. Sad and discouraged
9. They must have seen that the valley was surrounded by the enemy and that charging
forward would mean certain death.
10. I would feel terrified being surrounded by the enemy and being shot at from three
directions.
11. I would honour them for their heroic action and amazing courage. What they did is beyond
the call of duty.

Set 4(b)
A (i) 600/ 600 soldiers/ six hundred/ six hundred soldiers
(ii )because there is no chance of living/ no one can survive the battle
(The idea of impending death)
b. The-officer-in-charge/ The Head/ The leader/ The Captain
c. loss of money/ loss of property/ loss of home/ loss of pet/ loss of income/ loss of livelihood/
loss of jobs