english literature

Question 1

This is a free verse poem,perhaps reflecting the chaotic , unpredictable nature of water and such ‘sudden’ rushes of fortune

Answer 1

4 stanzas gradually getting larger and 3 rd stanza the largest reflects the explosion of water
also use of enjambment imitates flow of water

Question 2

a sense of wonder is presented in the imagining of water almost as a godly gift , This is reinforced when :municipal pipe bursts’ during a drought

Answer 2

everyday life for the community presented as harsh as supply of water is a scarcity.

Question 3

simile

Answer 3

it emphasises the discomfort of everyday life in severe heat where ‘the skin cracks like a pod’ when ‘There never is enough water ‘ A vivid picture is created on the dramatic and euphoric reactions of the crowds of people and children when the water pipes bursts

Question 4

the sense of wonder is created

Answer 4

is emphasisied when the writer contrasts the picture of an imagined drip of water with the ‘blessing’ of a torrent of water crashes to the ground’ from the burst pipe

Question 5

metal imagery of water

Answer 5

the writer uses it to emphasise its value “Silever crashes to the ground.’

Question 6

the excitement of the wonderful event is hightened

Answer 6

with the desperate collection of all sorts of containers to hold the water: ‘pots’, plastic buckets’‘frantic hands’and striking images convey the moment the water breaks free. ‘the flow has found /a roar of tongues.’

Question 7

onomatopoeia

Answer 7

to convey the prevents as they occur ‘splash’, ‘bursts, crashes , roar.

Question 8

alliteration

Answer 8

a sense of wonder is created. ‘polished to perfection’describing the skin of the children glistening of water