By Elimu Assistant Team 
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Argument with God
My child was struggling for life in hospital.
And I,worried tense and tired.
Sat in silent prayer:
In violent silence,arguing with my God.
God I said,
Why do you allow him to suffer so?
Why him all the time?
Why?
God was silent!
Not a word from him.
Not a word
May be.I thought.
God is angry with me.
I’ll appease my God;
Try and be good at least
Surely God would then respond.
God,I pleaded.
Please God.
To be good is hard.
But I’ll try.
But
My child must live.
Live free from pain:
God
You know how I love him, don’t you?
Don’t you?Don’t you?DON’T YOU?
But
God was dumb:
Like my child.
Then u I said to myself.
God is just.
I’ll appeal for justice.
God,I called.
Though you are silent,
I am sure you hear me.
QUESTIONS
1. Who is the persona in this poem? (2 mks)
2. What is happening in the poem? (2 mks)
3. Why are the words in Line 27 written in capital letters? DONT YOU? (2 mks)
4. What is the mood in the poem? ( 2 mks)
5. Give an instant of irony in the poem. (3 mks)
6. Identify and illustrate other three stylistic devices in the poem. (6 mks)
7. What do the following lines mean? (2 mks)
“Though you are silent, I am sure you hear me”.
