By Mirror
The practical criticism paper featured a passage by South African Koos Kombuis that consisted entirely of punctuation - a protest against apartheid in South Africa.
Students were baffled by a university exam that asked them to analyse poetry that had no words.
The English practical criticism paper featured a passage by South African Koos Kombuis that consisted entirely of punctuation.
One student said: “I went in feeling quite confident and panicked. I thought it was a printing mistake. I’m concerned about my 2:1.”
From his home in Cape Town Kombuis, 59, said his poem Tipp-Ex-Sonate was a protest at apartheid censorship laws.
He added: “Where the people at Cambridge got hold of it is anyone’s guess.”
