Observation

A good number of candidates attempted this question and they failed to discuss how the structural pattern of the sonnet (three quatrains and a couplet) is used to develop its theme.

Candidates were expected to discuss the following points:

• The theme of beauty in the poem.
• The description of the sonnet form in relation to the theme of the poem.
• The rhyme scheme and its contribution to the theme of the poem.
• The significance of the ideas expressed in each stanza/quatrain and how each contributes to the theme of the poem.
• The immortalisation of the subject.