"Thanks Mum" S1 English Literature Revision

What is the rhyme scheme for stanza one?

What is the rhyme scheme for stanza two?

What are the rhyming pairs in stanza three and stanza four?

How many syllables in line 13? (type the number)

How many syllables in line 14? (type the number)

Type out the simile in stanza two.

Match the terms to the answers from the poem

• Like a new child I cannot walk

• shared quality

• helpless / frustrated / vulnerable

• simile

• a (new) child

• Second object

• The narrator

• First object

What type of narration is used in the poem?

Give a reason to support your answer for the type of narration.

Now, put the last two answers together: What type of narration is used in the poem? Give a reason to support your answer.