By Elimu Assistant Team 
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
I went to church today.
Yes I went and prayed for all
Friends and foes a like.
Dead and those alive.
I also prayed hard.
For the soul of that soldier.
Who got short.
Fighting for our motherland
While I shot hot life into his wife.
And I prayed to God too
That I live long
To go and pray again
Questions
- a) What is the poem about? (4 marks)
- b) Identify and illustrate any two character traits of the speaker. (4 marks)
- c) Identify and illustrate three poetic devices used in the poem. (6 marks)
- d) What is the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem. (2 marks)
- i) While I shot hot life into his wife.
- ii) That I live long to go and pray again.
- e)
- i) What is the tone of the poem (2 marks)
- ii) Explain the overriding mood of the poem. (2 marks)
