English Paper 2 the sequel

I want my money back. For those who haven’t seen it yet, just rent it on DVD.

There was some drama in our school, seeing as somebody was mistakenly given ENGLISH PAPER 3, but other than that, the entire thing was pretty blah. I’m not one for crossing my fingers before an exam starts, but at this one I wrapped my index finger with the middle and tapped the desk like hell. Besides that, I really can’t think of any other thing to say about it. An English higher level student with nothing to say. Yikes!

* Macbeth. I was almost sure Kingship was going to come up. Actually, I wished for it so hard I actually saw it written on the paper. But like that unfortunate plane from Brazil to Paris, it was gone in an instant, and it really was Duncan’s murder. Clearly, I need new contacts. Should have gone to Specsavers. 

* Comparative. I should have been ecstatic because both Cultural Context and Theme or Issue came up, but actually  making the choice between the two delayed me for a month. In the end, I eenie-meenie-miney-mowed my way to a decision. Theme or issue it is. This is why I would rather be told what to do than be given a choice. I get confused easily. I’m not very bright.

*Unseen Poem. Wow that was tragic. I went on for a page and a half about how one day, I too, like the father, would “lose it” – I believe was the phrase I used – and go Britney-crazy. But I did drop words like “alliteration” and “trochic pentameter” which, fingers crossed, would earn me some scrap marks.

* Poetry. Other than Longley, every other poet that I studied came up, so there was little to no drama. By the end of it, I had used up two Staedler pens,  further ugly-fied the “writer’s bump” that I had developed from the previous paper, and lost a finger or two. The lengths I would go for a/an (insert result in August here).

Thank the literary gods it’s over. Never again will I write the words “This resonated with me…”,”I felt…” or discuss at great Proustian length the metaphorical significance of a fish. Unless of course I would need to repeat the LC next year, then yeah.