By Elimu Assistant Team 
The sun spun like
a tossed coin.
It whirled on the azure sky,
it clattered into the horizon,
it clicked in the slot,
and neon lights popped
and blinked `time expired`,
as on a parking meter.
(Oswald Mbuyiseni: Mtshali)
Questions
- i) Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem. (2marks)
- ii) How would you say the last line of this poem (2marks)
- iii) State any two onomatopoeic words in the poem (2marks)
- iv) Identify any other sound pattern used in the poem. (1mark)
- v) State and illustrate three non-verbal cues that you would use to make the recitation of the above poem more meaningful and interesting. (3marks)
ANSWERS
Oral poem.
- i) adcdefg √ 1mk
irregular rhyme scheme √ 1mk - ii) the line would be said slowly and softly – end of the day
falling intonation – show finality.
- iii) Popped
Blinked
Whirled
Clattered
Clicked any 2 (2 marks)
- iv) Alliteration – sun spun
Assonance – sun spun √1mk
- v) Use of gestures – illustrate where and when
Facial expressions “
Tonal variation “
Dramatize “
Keep eye conduct “ Any 3 (3 marks)
