Poppies

Question 1

Who is it written by

Answer 1

Jane Weir

Question 2

What form is it

Answer 2

Freeform/monologue

Question 3

It contains enjambment- what is it

Answer 3

When sentences continue over lines without a break

Question 4

Who is the poem about

Answer 4

A son

Question 5

At the start it says “3 days before armistice sunday”. When is armistice Sunday?

Answer 5

11 November

Question 6

What are connotations of “and you were away,intoxicated”

Answer 6

Old enough to drink and therefore fight

Question 7

What does “released a song bird from its cage” represent

Answer 7

Freedom and has connotations of leaving home

Question 8

True or false: there is noticeable sibilance and repetition

Answer 8

False

Question 9

True or false: there is lots of symbolism and imagery

Answer 9

True

Question 10

What does “gelled blackthorns of your hair” suggest

Answer 10

He is has spiky hair so is less approachable and suggest he is getting older

Question 11

What ideas does the poem name give: Poppies

Answer 11

Patriotism, rememberance, symbol of the dead and ww1

Question 12

Is the boy Jane weir’s son

Answer 12

No, she has two sons but they aren’t about them

Question 13

What perspective is the poem from?

Answer 13

A mother

Question 14

What is the poem about

Answer 14

A mothers experience of pain and loss as her son leaves for war

Question 15

Finish the quote “crimped_____, spasms of _____ red- disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your______

Answer 15

Petals,paper,blazer

Question 16

Why is the mother sad

Answer 16

Because her son is leaving for war

Question 17

How many stanzas are there

Answer 17

4

Question 18

There is a dove in the poem. What’s that symbolise

Answer 18

Peace+mourning