These questions are like the ones you will find in the Scottish Text section of the exam. You can have a go at them now or have a go later.

1. The main themes of the poem are introduced in the title and first seven lines
Identify one main theme and show how poetic technique is used to introduce this theme. (3)

2. By referring closely the rest of stanza 1, analyse the use of poetic technique to establish and maintain the tale of the football clubs decline. (4)

3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the second stanza as a conclusion to the poem. (3)

4. In this poem, Paterson uses an apparently ordinary experience to explore a deeper truth about humanity. By referring to this and another poem or poems by Don Paterson you have studied discuss how he uses poetry to explore the deeper truths behind ordinary experience. (10)