- The poem is about a girl that wanted to freedom march for her country but her mother was scared that it would be to dangerous for a little girl and her friends to go so she went to the church instead because her mum said it was safe there but later in the day the church was bombed and the daughter died and the lived but never smiled again. this poem is to bring remembrance to the event that happened in Birmingham
2. “She has combed and brushed her night dark hair,” this quote tells us that the girl is very innocent and young and is also very tidy.
3. The words and phrases that made me think the girl was Sweet/Pure and innocent was “She has combed and brushed her night dark hair, and bathed rose petal sweet and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands, and white shoes on her feet.” “But you may go to church instead and sing in the children’s choir” “But mother I won’t be alone”. “But mother I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me”
4. The effect of having both third person narration and dialogue is that the reader gets a greater idea of what is happening from more points of view. Dialogue is used to give the poem emotion. When dialogue was used it was between the mother daughter especially in the last line in the last stanza it was the mother talking to the daughter. The third person narration is more factual, true and sometimes harsh. The narration gives the reader a greater idea of what is happening and also helps build up a scene.
5. The effects of Alliteration, Assonance and metaphor are:
Assonance: Makes the line in the poem sound faster due to having an internal rhyme.
Alliteration: Focuses the attention of the reader on that certain part of the poem/ line and creates a mood to that part of the line and for the rest of the stanza.
Metaphor: It gives more power to the quote or line in the poem saying that she is something and not like something giving her the full power of that quote rather than being like it.
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