Bus Stop by Richard S. Mabala.

                         I watched her at the bus stop

                        White blouse swelling

Before the impatient push

Of beats earger to be free

Orange skirt billowing provocatively

Under the silken cares

Of the harbor breeze

Eyes flashing with life

I watched her,

But went quickly on may way,

For she was but a secondary student

I would have forgotten her

But I saw her again that night

Glowing in the soft light of mpakani Bar,

Six inches taller

Wide trouser clinging possessively

The youthful thrust of her buttocks

Before dropping to mask the raised heels

She was transformed!

I wouldn’t have recognized her

But for those eyes

So provocatively thirsty

With a pang of jelousy

I glanced at her partner

And chocked into my glass-

My father!

                        Richard S. Mabala.

            a)         What is the poem about?Illustrate.                                                                              2mks

b)         Explain the transformation that the subject under.                                                       3mks

c)         Identify two lines from the poem that show that the persona looked at the subject justfully.

                                                                                                                                                2mks

d)         Identify and illustrate two features of style used in the poem.                         4mks

e)         What is the importance of the first person techniques used in the poem?                    2mks

f)         Rewrite these lines as instructed:                                                                                2mks

            i)         I wouldn’t have recognized her but for those eyes.

            (Begin:If……………………………………………………………………………………………

            ii)        I would have forgotten her but I saw her again that night.(Rewrite beginning:Had………………………………………………………………………………………………

g)         Explain these expressions as used in the poem:

            i)         billowingprovocatively

            ii)        mask