Mock exam - Poetry Anthology - Writers intention

Question 1

The Planners

Answer 1

Cheng shows how:
The planners are covering Singapore’s history
The drive for being heard
The conflict between natural and man-made world

Question 2

The man with Night Sweats

Answer 2

Thom Gunn shows how:
Grief affected him and many others during the AIDs pandemic
Reflects on the relationship between the body and the speaker

Question 3

Funeral Blues

Answer 3

Auden shows how:
Satirically - as people we can be selfish in grief

Question 4

He Never Expected Much

Answer 4

Hardy shows how:
You should take risks in your life as you’ll enjoy life more

Question 5

The telephone call

Answer 5

Adcock shows how:
Big corporations only focus on money not value of life
We shouldn’t focus on money and consuming instead on valuing life

Question 6

Consumers report

Answer 6

Porter shows how:
Fickle society is as we always look for more in life - consuming
Humans love to critique and can’t appreciate what we have
We should accept life with its flaws
We are a consumer based society

Question 7

Ozymandias

Answer 7

Shelley shows how:
We are insignificant to nature - always more powerful than us