English PMR Poem Answer

ENGLISH PMR
SECTION B LITERATURE COMPONENTS

POEM
Paper 2: Section B
Poems open-ended questions (2 questions 3 marks)
Students must learn and understand the element of:
persona
meaning (literal and figurative)
tone/mood
themes
moral lessons/messages
PMR Tips:
1. Answers could be lifted from the extract or could be paraphrased.
2. For yes/no question, marks are given for a relevant reason which is related to the
poem.
Lower Secondary Form 1 to Form 3 Poems
1. The River Valerie Bloom
2. Mr. Nobody Unknown author
3. I Wonder Jeannie Kirby
4. Heir Conditioning M SHANmughalingam
5. A Fighters Lines Marzuki Ali
6. Leisure William Henry Davies
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Form 2
I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby.
Answer the following questions.
1. How does the child describe the wind?
Ans: as something that cannot be seen
2. What does the child want to know about the moon?
Ans: where the missing bit goes when the moon is not round
3. What are the words the child uses to describe clouds?
Ans: fluffy and high
4. What does the child wonder about Dad?
Ans: why Dad does not answer the questions
5. What can you learn from this poem?
Ans: Children are very imaginative and curious. / Children often ask simple questions
about things that adults take for granted. / When children become adults, they stop
being curious. / Adults do not know everything about nature. (Accept any suitable
answer)
6. What would the child like to know about birds?
Ans: who showed them how to build their homes
7. In the poem, the child thinks that trees are
Ans: resting
8. The child thinks that when the moon is not round, the missing bit is
Ans: hidden somewhere
9. The child thinks that _____ lights the stars and paints the rainbows.
Ans: someone
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10. The child asks her father what makes _____ flash.
Ans: lightning
11. When the stars disappear, the child thinks that
Ans: a person has blown them out
12. What are the things mentioned in the poem?
Ans: moon, cloud, rainbows
13. What are the words that describe the child in the poem?
Ans: smart, curious, imaginative
14. The line Who taught the birds to build a nest shows that the poet
Ans: feels that someone teaches birds how to build a nest
15. All the questions that the poet asks are about
Ans: nature
16. The poet thinks that her father
Ans: knows the answer to her questions
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Form 2
Heir Conditioning by M SHANmughalingam.
1. Look at the first line from the first stanza, where the grandchild says did you breathe
This shows that the grandchild thinks that
Ans: it is difficult to breathe in a hot environment
2. What are the things that the grandchild considers as things that you must have in life?
Ans: faxes and long distance calls
The grandparent points out that there was no destruction of
forests when he was young.
3. Do you agree with this statement? Why?

Ans: Yes. In the poem, the grandparent says that they did not knowdestruction of
forests This means that there was no destruction of forest.
4. From the first three lines of the poem, we know that the grandchild
Ans: thinks it is difficult to live without air cons
5. In the poem, it shows that the grandchild would find it difficult to live
Ans: without phones and faxes
6. Why do you think the grandparent says that nature fears the grandchild?
Ans: because people destroy the environment
The grandchild is used to modern-day inventions.
7. Do you agree with the above statement? Why?

Ans: Yes. Based on the poem, the child wonders how his grandparents could live
without faxes and long distance calls. This means he could not imagine how life is
without modern-day inventions as he is used to it.
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8. In this poem, the grandparents feels that problems such as traffic jams and destruction
of streams are caused by
Ans: ignorance
9. The grandchild thinks that in the old days, people
Ans: suffered a lot
10. In the first two lines of the stanza, the grandparent
Ans: admits that their life was different from the grandchilds
11. This poem is in the form of
Ans: a conversation between a grandparent and a grandchild
12. The grandchild thinks that life was _____ before modern inventions.
Ans: difficult
13. A long time ago, people had respect for
Ans: God and nature
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Form 3
A Fighters Lines by Marzuki Ali.
1. The poem, The Fighters Lines, is written by
Ans: Marzuki Ali
2. In stanza 1, the persona had made a name for himself in history for his role in the
Ans: fight for independence
3.
In stanza 1, we know that the persona is

Ans: old and tired
4. What does the persona say about the fight for independence?
Ans: it was costly in terms of lives lost
5. What is the best word to describe the personas physical handicap?
Ans: physically disabled
6. In stanza 2, which words show that the persona is alert and aware of current social
problems?
Ans: disturbs me
7. What do you think the phrase remnants my crippled years mean?
Ans: The remainder of the wheelchair-bound days.
8. The persona uses the words net of deceit indicate that the
ans: problem is becoming extensive/widespread
9. Who did the persona directed his battle cry to?
Ans: youths
10. Why are the young people referred to as heirs of our freedom?
Ans: They have inherited what the persona fought for.
11. The persona wants the young people to do the following except
Ans: abuse their positions
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Form 3
Leisure by William Henry Davies.
1. What does the cows and sheep do in the fields?

Ans: graze
2. Based on the poem, write down one expression that is compatible (well-matched)
Ans: life full of care
3. According to the poem, what are the things that beauty does
Ans: smile, dance and laugh
4. The beautiful things in nature are
Ans: stars, steams, trees
5. The word boughs refer to
Ans: branches of trees
6. When can streams be full of stars?
Ans: in broad daylight
7. The persona is advising us to do the following except
Ans: work and neglect to rest
8. When beauty moves her feet, she is
Ans: dancing
9. The expression stand and stare is example of the poetic device of
Ans: metaphor
10. The main theme in the poem Leisure is
Ans: relaxation is part of life
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11. What can we learn from the poem?
If we do not take the time to look around and enjoy nature, we will miss out on the
beauty, joy and movement of life.
12. What are some activities of leisure mentioned in the poem?
stand beneath the boughs
watch the squirrels
enjoy the beautiful stars at night
enjoy nature

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SECTION B LITERATURE COMPONENTS

3. Do you agree with this statement? Why?

7. Do you agree with the above statement? Why?

In stanza 1, we know that the persona is

1. What does the cows and sheep do in the fields?

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