Literature-In-English Paper 3 WASSCE (SC), 2019

Question 11

 

Discuss the defects of a summer’s day as highlighted by the poet in Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?


Observation


This was a popular question with the candidates. However, it seemed like candidates had a shallow understanding of the question. Most candidates simply dwelt on mere account of the poem with only slight references to the defects of a summer’s day.

Candidates were expected to discuss the following points:


  • Statement of theme of a lover’s beauty as eternal and immortal.

  • Summer’s inherent qualities.

  • Defects of summer in comparison.

  • Juxtaposition of a summer’s day and the lover’s beauty.

  • Consequences of a summer’s day’s defects.

 

Candidates’ performance was poor.