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JAN/FEB SUPPLEMENTARY EXAMINATION
DATE: 24 JANUARY 2024
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QUESTION 1: POEM (Balancing on Air –
Lynne Bryer)
QUESTION 2: NOVEL (Small Things by
Nthikeng Mohlele)
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QUESTION 1
1. The epigraph underneath the title, "This poem arose during a course of
radiotherapy," suggests that the poem will be about the speaker's experience
during radiotherapy, possibly exploring themes of illness, treatment, and the
contrast between the external world and the internal struggles.
2. In stanzas 1 and 2, the speaker describes the seagulls as "undaunted" and
"sheer scythes, all wing and body." This description reveals the speaker's