Songs of Ourselves

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Past Songs of Ourselves Exam Questions 1. Explore the ways in which the Wordsworth presents Lucy in She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways. 2. Norman Nicholson uses childhood as a means of exploring other ideas in Rising Five. Identify the ideas of the poem and comment on the ways in which they are presented. Essay ChecklistEnsure you write about each of the following: * Form (shape of the stanzas) and structure (line length, enjambment, caesura) * Meaning (what is it about and how do you know?) * Personal response (what did you actually think about the poem?) * Poetic devices such as alliteration, repetition, rhyme, rhythm * Imagery such as metaphors, similes, personification, symbolism.You must quote and analyse these in depth in order to get a top grade. | 3. Explore the ways in which Mervyn Morris presents the relationship between a small child and an adult in Little Boy Crying. 4. How does James K. Baxter develop our understanding of character in Farmhand? 5. Comment on the ways in which ideas are presented in Before the Sun. 6. Explore the ways in which memories of childhood are presented in Plenty. 7. Comment on the ways in which changes in perspective between childhood and adulthood are explored in two of the following poems: Plenty, Rising Five, Little Boy Crying. 8. Eplore the significance of the ways in which Liz Lochhead presents the Storyteller and Storytelling in her poem. 9. Consider the significance of the ways in which women are presented in two of the following poems: Muliebrity, Plenty, She dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways. 10. Consider the ways in which Charles Lamb reminisces and conveys regret in The Old Familiar Faces. 11. Consider the ways in which one or two of the following poems present ideas about social injustice and lack of liberty: Caged Bird, Song to the
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