Stanza 1

Question 1

you

Answer 1

second person pronouns

addressing herself

Question 2

travel up the blue nile

Answer 2

journey both physical/emotional

colour suggests excitement, sunshine, friendly

Question 3

chanted

Answer 3

word choice

suggest something magical

Question 4

chalky pyramids rubbed into dust

Answer 4

chaining lessons

dusts suggests to the kids the pyramids were real

Question 5

window opened

Answer 5

summertime

first sense of somewhere beyond the classroom

Question 6

skittle of milk

Answer 6

metaphor

positive image

comparing milk bottle to a joy - play, joy, looked after

Question 7

laugh of a bell

Answer 7

personification

joy, sound, movement, play