Follower

Who wrote the poem 'Follower'?

• Seamus Heaney

• Thomas Hardy

• Simon Armitage

• Andrew Waterhouse

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'Shafts' are what in farming?

• the track made by the plough in the ground.

• poles which connect the animal to the plough.

• part of the framework of the plough.

• An area used to turn the plough round.

The 'furrow' is what in farming?

• The track made by the plough where seeds are planted.

• Poles which connect the animal to the plough.

• Part of the framework of the plough.

• An area used to turn the plough round at the end of the field.

What is the 'headrig' in farming?

• Poles which connect the animal to the plough.

• An area used at the end of the field to turn the plough round and left unploughed until the field is complete.

• Part of the framework of the plough.

The theme of this poem is based on what sort of relationship?

• Parent/child

• Lovers

• Old friends

• Brothers

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

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There are six stanzas which have how many lines?

• 3 lines (tercet)

• 4 lines (quatrain)

• 5 lines and a rhetorical question

• 14 lines

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

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The poem uses 8 syllables in a line, with alternate stressed and de-stressed syllables, this is called......

• Iambic tetrameter

• Iambic pentameter

• sonnet form

• Meter

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

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The first three stanzas focus on who in the poem?

• Son

• Father

• Farm

• Brother

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The last three stanzas are focused on the son and are written using half rhyme, an example would be....

• 'wake', 'back'

• 'round', 'ground'

• 'sod', 'plod'

• 'arm', 'farm'

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

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The writer uses enjambment throughout the poem but particularly between stanza 2 and 3 which reflects.....

• the change in direction of the plough.

• the change in direction of the sails.

• the switch between father and son.

• the reversal in who is following whom.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

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