Literature-In-English Paper 3 WASSCE (SC), 2016

Question 10

 

Examine the persona's view of ageing in "The Panic of Growing Older."


Observation

 

A good number of candidates attempted this question. However, most of their answers are shallow; others gave a mere narration of the poem.

 

Candidates were expected to discuss the following points:

• The inevitability of ageing.

• The process of aging- from childhood to death.

• The initial hopes and expectations as people grow up and the panic over unrealised dreams, followed by terminal diseases.

• The final yielding to fate/death.

 

Candidates' performance was poor.