SECTION B QUESTION Z Answer all questions 2.1 Read the poem carefully and then answer the questions which follow. The number of marks allocated to each question serves as a guide to the expected length of your answer. [Composed upon] Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802'-William Wordsworth 1 Earth has not anything to show more fair: 2 Dull would he be of soil who could pass by 3A sight so touching in its majesty, 4 This City now doth, like a garment, wear 5 The beauty of the morning: silent, bare, 6 Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie 7 Open unto the fields, and to the sky; 8 All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. 9 Never did sun more beautifully steep 10 In his first splendour, valley, rock or hill: 11 Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deepl 12 The river glideth at his own sweet will: 13 Dear God! The very houses seem asleep; 14 And all that mighty heart is lying still! 21 Choose a description from COLUMN 8 that matches a name in COLUMN A Write only the letter (A E next to the question numbers (2.1.1(a) to 2.1.41d)) in the ANSWER BOOK COLUMN A COLUMN B 2.11. Octave 2.1.2. Sonnet 213. Sestet 2.1.4 Volta A. A dramatic change in thought B. A pair of two successive lines of a poem C. An eight-line stanza, may be the first part of the sonnet D. A poem of fourteen lines E. A six-line stanza, may be the second section of the sonnet 2.2 Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentence. Write only the letter (A-D) next to the question number (2.2) in the ANSWER BOOK. Refer to line 1. ("Earth has not... show more fair.) (the). A. London City. B. Majesty. C Temples. D. St Paul's Cathedral. (1) 2.3 Quote ONE word which describes a person who does not see this beauty. (1) 'More fair' in this line describes the beauty of 2.4 Refer to line 4. (This City now... a garment wear'.) (a) Identify the figure of speech in this line. (1) (b) Explain why this figure of speech is relevant in this poem. (2) 2.5 What is the meaning of 'bare' in line 5, in the context of the poem? (1) 2.6 Name ONE structure covered by the morning sun. (1) 2.7 Refer to line 13. ('Dear God! The... houses seem asleep.') Explain the function of the exclamation mark in 'Dear God!' (1) 2.8 One of the themes of the poem is tranquility and silence. Discuss the theme in the context of the poem. (3) TOTAL: (15)
