ENG2603 EXAM
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,ENG2603 Mock Exam 1
B.V. SIBIYA
Answer ONE queson from Secon A, and ONE queson from Secon B.
Your answers should be two to four pages in length, and wri en in the form of
carefully constructed essays.
Secon A
Answer ONE queson in this secon for 50 marks.
Queson 1: Poetry
By making close reference to content and poec devices, discuss how this poem uses sare to portray
the coloniser (“The Brish Se ler”). Remember to quote from the poem to support your argument.
The British Settler
Tune – ‘Oh what a row’; or, ‘The humours of a Steam-boat’
Oh! what a gay, what a rambling life a Se ler’s leading!
Spooring ca le, doing ba le, quite jocose;
Winning, losing; Whigs abusing; shopping now, then mu on breeding;
Never fearing, persevering, on he goes!
When to the Cape I first came out, in days of Charlie Somerset,
My lands were neatly measured o , ff
and reg’larly my number set;
I stru ed round on my own ground, lord of a hundred acres, sir,
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PACK 2023
QUESTIONS and
ANSWERS
,For queries and
assignment assistance
email:
,ENG2603 Mock Exam 1
B.V. SIBIYA
Answer ONE queson from Secon A, and ONE queson from Secon B.
Your answers should be two to four pages in length, and wri en in the form of
carefully constructed essays.
Secon A
Answer ONE queson in this secon for 50 marks.
Queson 1: Poetry
By making close reference to content and poec devices, discuss how this poem uses sare to portray
the coloniser (“The Brish Se ler”). Remember to quote from the poem to support your argument.
The British Settler
Tune – ‘Oh what a row’; or, ‘The humours of a Steam-boat’
Oh! what a gay, what a rambling life a Se ler’s leading!
Spooring ca le, doing ba le, quite jocose;
Winning, losing; Whigs abusing; shopping now, then mu on breeding;
Never fearing, persevering, on he goes!
When to the Cape I first came out, in days of Charlie Somerset,
My lands were neatly measured o , ff
and reg’larly my number set;
I stru ed round on my own ground, lord of a hundred acres, sir,
,
