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ORAL LITERATURE

Read the oral piece below and answer the questions that follow

Blood iron and trumpets

Blood iron and trumpets

Forward we march

(others fall on the way)

Blood iron and trumpets

We shall hack kill and cure

Blood iron and trumpets

Singers of the datsun blue

Forward we drive breaking the records

Blood iron and trumpets

Let bullets find their targets and the earth be softened

Blood iron and trumpets

Let the dogs of war rejoice

And the carrion birds feed

We are reducing population sexplosion

Blood iron and trumpets

The uniformed machines are around

Put on your helmet iron and rest

Blood iron and trumpets

Only through fire can be baptized to mean business

So once again

Blood iron and trumpets

 

We shall always march along

Blood iron and trumpets

Blood iron and trumpets

Blood alone

  • Classify the oral piece above (2 Marks)
  • What are the functions of the oral piece above? (3 Marks)
  • Identify two features of oral poetry evident in the oral item. (3 Marks)
  • What two issues is this oral poem talking about? (4 Marks)
  • Cite one social and one economic activity of the community from which this oral poem is taken
  • Who would be the most suitable audience for the oral poem? Give reasons for your answer

(2 Marks)

  • “The uniformed machines are around” Explain the meaning of this statement.     (1 Mark)
  • Describe the mood of the poem. (2 Marks)

 

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