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Why does the speaker choose not to intrude?
This is so because the poet
a) knows that it would embarrass the boy in his moment of
griet
b) feels that it's important that the boy learn an important
life lesson, undisturbed.
c) realises that he doesn't have sufficient funds to purchase
a new ball for the boy.
d) Experiences a sense of distress himself, by looking at the
boy's condition
Choose the option that lists the meaning of 'harbour' as
used in the extract.
Noun:
(1) a place on the coast where ships may moor in shelter.
(2) a place of refuge.
Verb:
(3) keep (a thought or feeling, typically a negative one) in
one's mind, especially secretly.
(4) shelter or hide (a criminal or wanted person).
a) Option 1
b) Option 2
c) Option 3
d) Option 4
Q2: Answer in 20-30 words
1
If you were the poet, which toy would you use, instead of a
ball. Give a reason for your response.
Do you think the T in the poem is the poet or an observer?
Give a reason for your choice of response.
111
Explain how, "Out of sight, out of mind" might apply to the
boy, towards the end of the poem.
iv
A popular quote states: Responsibility is self-taught.
How does the poem address this thought?
Answers
Answer:
An ultimate shaking grief fixes the boy
As he stands rigid, trembling, staring down
All his young days into the harbour where
His ball went. I would not intrude on him.
1
The poet uses the word 'ultimate' to describe the boy's
reaction.
Pick the meaning that DOES NOT display what, ultimate
means in the context given.
a) consequent
b) final
c) conclusive
d) fateful
The boy is very young in this poem. As a mature, balanced
grown-up, he might look back and think that his reaction
of ultimate shaking grief was
1) disproportionate to the loss
2) pretension to procure a new toy
3) according to his exposure and experience then
4) a reaction to the failure of retrieving the toy
5) justified and similar to what it would be currently
a) 562
by 1&3
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Answer:
feels that is important that the boy learn and important