Neutral Tones

What word best describes the narrator's attitude to the relationship in the poem?

• Angry

• Upset

• Happy

• Neutral

"The sun was white" implies that....

• The narrator is unhappy.

• The colour has gone from the relationship.

• It's a cold day.

• God is angry.

"Chidden" means....

• Upset

• Sad

• Angry

• told off

The ground is used as a metaphor for the relationship in which quotation?

• "A few leaves lay on the starving sod"

• "They had fallen from an Ash"

• "As though chidden of God"

• "We stood by a pond that winter day"

The leaves from an Ash tree has been used because...

• In viking mythology, Yggdrasil the world tree was an Ash.

• Ash is very strong wood, and this represents that strength of the relationship.

• Ash wood burns very hot, and this represents the passion of the relationship.

• The word Ash is related to cremation and death, symbolising the dying relationship.

What does 'tedious' mean?

• Slow or dull

• Difficult

• Complexity

• Gentle and calming

"The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing" is an example of...

• Alliteration

• Juxtaposition

• Zeugma

• Oxymoron

Which of the following words pairings is NOT used as an oxymoron in stanza 3?

• Smile / Deadest

• Alive / Die

• Grin / Bittterness

• Ominous / Bird

"An ominous bird a-wing" refers to her smile being like...

• Hugin and Munin, Odin's ravens from norse mythology.

• Foreshadowing, or a bad omen

• A magpie

• A curse

"keen lessons" means...

• He is eager to learn

• the lessons were sharp and painful

• he doesn't want to find out

• she is a good teacher