Poetry Anthology - Living Space

Who wrote Living Space?

• Imtiaz Dharker

• Carol Ann Duffy

• Rita Dove

• Percy Shelley

In Living Space, what literary technique has been used when the writer says 'Nails clutch at open seams'?

• Personification
• Onomatopoeia
• Alliteration
• Enjambment

Where was the poet that wrote 'Living Space' from?

• She was born in Pakistan and grew up in Scotland.

• She was born in Scotland and grew up in Pakistan.

'Living Space' describes...

• homes in Scotland.

• her home.

• the slums of Mumbai.

• a fictional place.

The fragility of life and faith is represented through the image of....

• eggs in a wire basket

• the sun

• the lamb

• the slanted universe

Complete the line from 'Living Space': "Nothing is flat or _________."

• divided

• fair

• even

• parrallel

Complete the line from 'Living Space': "bright, thin walls of ________."

• brick

• slate

• faith

• hope

The longest line, 'The whole structure leans dangerously', appears considerably longer on the page than the others, perhaps echoing...

• a desire for change.

• the fact the whole structure is leaning over.

• nothing.

• fear of change.

'Living Space' is made up of ______ stanza's with the _____ being the shortest, almost squeezed in like the living space the poem describes.

• 4

• 3

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 1st

Within 'Living Space', she celebrates the existence of these living spaces as...

• a miracle

• an issue

• a horrible place to live