Prayer Before Birth

During which event was the poem written?

• WW1
• WW2
• Falklands War
• War in Iraq

What is the poem about?

• Fear of what the world can do to the innocent
• A mother's hopes for her child
• A child's christening
• Waiting for a child to be born

What happens to the lines in the 7th stanza?

• The lines are the same length
• The lines get longer
• The lines get shorter
• The lines curve

What does the structure symbolise?

• The world getting smaller
• Foreshadowing death
• The growing silence
• The fading of humanity

Complete the quote: "Let not the man who is beast or who thinks he is _____ come near me"

• God
• Christ
• Good
• Strong

What technique is used in 'blood-sucking bat'?

• Personification
• Metaphor
• Repetition
• Alliteration

What is the name of the poet?

• Rudyard Kipling
• John Steinbeck
• JB Priestley
• Louis Macneice

What does 'tall walls wall me' symbolise?

• Society confining or trapping someone
• The draining away of humanity
• The fear of being born in a harsh world
• Needing to build a life of your own

Which quote shows juxtaposition?

• "sky sing to me"
• "mountains frown at me"
• "waves call me to folly and desert calls me to doom"
• "grass to grow for me"

Complete the quote: "for the ______ that in me the world shall commit"

• Humanity
• Devil
• Sins
• Lies