Literature-In-English Paper 3 WASSCE (PC 2ND), 2020

Question 10

 

    Carefully analyse the last stanza of Ambush.


Observation

 

 

A good number of candidates attempted this question.

 

The required answers should include:

 

  • Statement/Explanation of the theme of oppression /suppression of the will of a people.
  • Relation of the last stanza to the preceding ones.
  • The last stanza summarises or brings together the ill effects of the hold that the land (metaphor for the oppressors) has on its people.
  • The shore of possibilities’ is effectively out of the reach of the people.
  • In spite of the strong and genuine desire to leave, the restrictions and the denial of exit for them are complete.

 

Candidates’ performance was fair.