IGCSE Edexcel Language Poems

“I’m clinging to these firm peacock lines like people who cling to the sides of trains” this is an example of

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• anaphora

What is the opening line of the poem Disabled?

• He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark

• He sat in a chair, waiting for the dark

• He sat on a seat, longing for the dark

• He sat in a wheelchair, longing for the dark

What year did the war in Sarajevo start?

• 1992

• 1990

• 1993

• 1991

What is the main theme of the poem Still I Rise?

• war

• romance

• black oppression

• education

Which play does the title 'Out, Out...' originate from?

• Hamlet

• Romeo and Juliet

• Cats

• Macbeth

What is the structure of the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’?

• Rhyming couplets

• Free verse

• Iambic Pentameter

• Quatrains

What is the form of The Bright Lights of Sarajevo?

• Iambic pentameter

• Free verse

• Sonnet

• Haiku

What is the form of the majority of the poem’s stanzas in Still I Rise?

• Iambic pentameter

• Irregular stanza

• Rhyming couplets

• Quatrains

In which country is the poem ‘An Unknown Girl’ set?

• Bhutan

• Pakistan

• India

• Somalia

What literary device is NOT used in the following quote, "And half his lifetime lapsed in the hot race/And leap of purple spurted from his thigh".

• Metaphor

• Visual Imagery

• Emotive verbs

• Simile