(4) Write a Ballade of which the refrain is either—
(a) The situation is extremely grave;
or
(b) The Empire is not what it was;
or
(c) We lived to see Lord Birkenhead.
Note.—Extra marks will be given for an attempt at (b) because of the shortage of rhymes to was.
(5) What would you do in the following circumstances? In May you have sent a poem to an Editor, ending with the lines—
The soldiers cheered and cheered again—
It was the Prince of Wales.