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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetryOct/Nov 2018Paper 1 Q125 Marks

SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 5 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 1 Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Praise Song For My Mother You were water to me deep and bold and fathoming You were moon's eye to me pull and grained and mantling You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming You were the fishes red gill to me the flame tree's spread to me the crab's leg/the fried plantain smell replenishing replenishing Go to your wide futures, you said (Grace Nichols) How does Nichols memorably express a sense of admiration for her mother in this poem?

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Literature in English (2010) Oct/Nov 2018 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Poetry and is worth 25 marks.

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