Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level – Excellence in English Language and Literature
1. What do you think is ‘the message from the dawn’? Explain your answer with reference to the poem.
2. Choose two images from the poem that particularly appealed to you. Explain your choice.
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3. Imagine you have been asked to make a short YouTube video to accompany a reading of this poem. Describe some of the images, colours, music, sound effects, etc. that you would use as a background to the reading and explain your choices, based on your knowledge of the poem. (20)
4. Trace the development of Robert Frost’s mood over the course of this poem. Support your answer with reference to the poem.