O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetry2010/12 · Oct/Nov 2021 · Q125 Marks
Either 1 Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Muliebrity I have thought so much about the girl who gathered cow-dung in a wide, round basket along the main road passing by our house and the Radhavallabh temple in Maninagar. I have thought so much about the way she 5 moved her hands and her waist and the smell of cow-dung and road-dust and wet canna lilies, the smell of monkey breath and freshly washed clothes and the dust from crows' wings which smells different – and again the smell of cow-dung as the girl scoops 10 it up, all these smells surrounding me separately and simultaneously – I have thought so much but have been unwilling to use her for a metaphor, for a nice image – but most of all unwilling to forget her or to explain to anyone the greatness 15 and the power glistening through her cheekbones each time she found a particularly promising mound of dung – (Sujata Bhatt)
- How does Bhatt strikingly convey her memory of this moment?[25]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2021). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- Marking for this paper is based on generic level descriptors, not specific point-based criteria. Questions are assessed holistically across a mark range (0-25). The following criteria describe a top-level (Level 8) response:
- [25] demonstrates knowledge by incorporating well-selected reference to the text skilfully and with flair (AO1).
- [25] sustains a critical understanding of the text showing individuality and insight (AO2).
- [25] responds sensitively and in considerable detail to the way the writer achieves her/his effects (AO3).
- [25] sustains personal and evaluative engagement with task and text (AO4).
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