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Write a five-paragraph critical analysis essay (of the poem Examination Centre) Examination centre
Dilapidated room,
paint peeling.
Sufferers
on edge.
The chief invigilator
gives the word.
The fingered papers rustle.
Outside the centre
part of my recall
trees bend and stretch
and breathe.
Winds, playful, tease.
Were struggling here
with questions
and time
and longing
for a life we glimpse
through dust
clouding the panes.
(Mervyn Morris)