SPM 2019

ENGLISH 1119/2 MODULE

SECTION D
POEM: Compilation of Possible Questions

What Has Happened to Lulu

Question Answer

Who is the persona?

What woke the persona up?

Whose voices do you think are heard?

What did Lulu bring with her?

Why did mother ‘crumple the note’?

In stanza 5, what does the phrase

‘gust of rain’ being compared to?

In stanza 4, what can you infer from the

line ‘I heard an engine roar’?

In your opinion, why do teenagers run - Bad peer influence

away from home?/ Why do you think - Desire for misinformed freedom
Lulu ran away? - Child neglect
- Misunderstanding with family

What does the ‘window wide’ signify?

What is the theme portrayed in the Parents and siblings’ feeling of grief/
poem? Feelings of helplessness
How do we know that the persona’s
mother feels sad?

What does the ‘curtain flapping free’

symbolise?

How does the persona’s mother show

that she does not know what to do
about the situation?

What moral lesson have you learned We should never think of leaving or
from the poem? running away from our family

What do you think was written in the

note crumpled by the persona’s
mother?

Why do you think Lulu’s mother

crumpled the note on the fire?

In your opinion why didn’t Lulu take the

rag-doll with her when she left? Explain.
(SPM 2016, 2 marks)

Who is the owner of the old rag-doll?

‘You don’t know what to do?’

How does mother feel about Lulu’s
disappearance? Provide a reason.

Do you think Lulu will return? Give a

reason for your answer.

The mother is upset about her

daughter. Suggest two actions that the
mother can take in this situation.

In your opinion, is the mother doing the

right thing by hiding the truth from the
persona?
Give a reason for your answer.
 A Poison Tree

Question Answer

How does the persona feel when he

sees his enemy lying on the ground?

What is the meaning of the line ‘and I It means the persona pretended and
sunned it with smiles’? covered up his anger with insincere smiles

In stanza 1, who are the two people the

persona was angry with?

‘And it grew both day and night’

What does the word ‘it’ in the line refer
to?

What is the theme portrayed in the

poem?

What two things does the persona do to

help his anger grow?

What happened to the anger the

persona had towards his enemy?

What moral lesson have you learned

from the poem?

If you are the persona’ foe, whom he is

angry with, what would you do?

What does the shiny apple signify?

In stanza 2, which word in the poem

means ‘devious’?

‘I told it not, my wrath did grow’

[Stanza 1]
In the line above, what does ‘it’ refer to?

‘I told it not, my wrath did grow’

[Stanza 1]
Why do you think the persona did not
share his feelings with his foe?

Suggest one reason why the persona

did not tell his wrath to his foe

In your opinion, do you think the foe

deserved what happened to him?
Give a reason for your answer.

In your opinion, what should the

persona have done to prevent the
tragedy?

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Question Answer

From stanza 1, which words tell us that

the soldiers were entering a very
dangerous place?

In stanza 1, which line indicates that the

soldiers would most surely die.

In stanza 1, which phrase tells you that

the enemies are waiting with their
weapons?

In stanza 1, who is giving the

commands?

In stanza 2, which line tells us that

the soldiers were not supposed to
think?

Based on stanza 1, who were the six

hundred?

In stanza 2, what does the word

‘Theirs’ refer to?
‘Not though the soldier knew’
From this line in Stanza 2, what do
you think the soldiers know?

In stanza 2, who were the six

hundred?

Which line means the soldiers

should not answer or say anything?

Which line means the soldiers

should not ask anything?

In stanza 2, which word means a

‘careless mistake’?

In stanza 3, how were the soldiers

attacked?

If you were one of the soldiers in this Action:

poem, what would you have done? Reason:
State your action and give a reason
for you answer.

How do you think soldiers feel when Emotion:

they go to war. Give a reason to
Reason:
support your answer.

What would you do if you are one of Action:

the soldiers? Reason:
Give a reason.

Why do you think the line ‘rode the

six hundred’ is repeated many times
in the poem?

The Living Photograph

 Question Answer

From stanza 1, which phrase shows

that the persona’s grandmother has a
good posture?

Which line in stanza 1 tells us the

grandmother is loving?

In stanza 1, what was the grandmother

wearing in the photograph?

In stanza 1, the ‘white’ hand belongs to

whom?

‘Her soup forgot to boil’

What can you infer from this line?

In stanza 2, what does the phrase ‘the

awful place’ refer to?

Which line in stanza 2 tells us the

grandmother has become senile?

In stanza 2, which word means

‘terrifying’?

What happened to the grandmother in

the last two lines of stanza 2?

What was the persona’s age when she

took the photo?

Based on stanza 3, what does the word

‘there’ refer to?

In stanza 3, which word means

‘wrinkled’?

‘The awful place grandmothers go’

Provide a reason why people go to that
awful place.
How do you feel when someone you
love dies?

Do you love your grandmother? Give 1)

two examples on how to show your love 2)
to her?

Do you think keeping old family photos Opinion:

are important? Give a reason. Reason:

In your opinion, why is the grandmother

‘tall’ in the photo?

How do you think the persona feels Feeling:

when she looks at the family Reason:
photograph? Give a reason.