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WW2 Poetry Analysis

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WW2 Poetry Analysis

Read the original poem below. Use details from its words and images to support your answers.

Reading the poem

After the siren, the street lies still, A window glitters beneath the dust. We carry our blankets up the hill, And keep one small lantern lit for us. At dawn, a seed pushes through the stone; The morning finds us, not alone.

1.Name three events or details the poem describes.
2.In the line “a seed pushes through the stone”, what idea does the seed most strongly suggest?
  • Hope and new life can persist through difficulty
  • The family is trying to find food
  • The street has become completely safe
  • The speaker is describing a garden at midday
3.What might the “small lantern” represent? Explain your idea using a detail from the poem.
4.How does the mood change between the beginning and the end of the poem? Support your answer with words or details from both parts.

Poetry choices

Look closely at the poet’s language and sound.

5.Which technique is used in “the street lies still”?
  • Personification
  • Simile
  • Onomatopoeia
  • Rhyme
6.Which pair of words at the ends of the first and third lines rhymes?
7.Complete the sentence: The poem’s central idea is that people can even when life is difficult.
8.Write two original lines about a difficult moment during wartime that also suggest hope. Include a simile or metaphor.
9.How can a poem help a reader imagine what civilians may have felt during the Second World War? Give one reason.

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  • WW2 Poetry Analysis, page 1 of 2: Reading the poem

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  • WW2 Poetry Analysis, page 2 of 2: Poetry choices

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