Hunchback in the Park Techniques Used

Who is the narrator of "Hunchback in the Park"?

• The Hunchback

• One of the truant boys

• Dylan Thomas

• An unnamed adult who used to play in the same park as child

Which punctuation mark is used just three times in the poem?

• Comma

• Semi-colon

• Question mark

• Full stop

What animal is the hunchback compared to in a metaphor in the poem?

• A bird

• A dog

• A swan

• A tiger

Which of the following are similes?

• Like the water he sat down

• Straight as a young elm

• Like the park birds he came down early

• Through the loud zoo of the willow groves

The poet describes the hunchback as "the old dog sleeper" in line 25. This is..

• a simile

• an example of personification

• a metaphor

• onomatopeia

Which word is repeated in stanza six?

• Straight

• Crooked

• Locked

• Dog

"The birds the grass the trees the lake" What is this an example of?

• Symbolism

• A list

• Extended metaphor

• Assonance

Which of these statements is true

• There is no rhyming in the poem

• The poem has a a strict rhyme scheme of ABAABA

• The poems has rhymes and sound patterns but no strict rhyme scheme

• The poem is written in rhyming couplets

The poem is written in six separate...

• paragraphs

• stanzas

• couplets

• structures

What is the only name the hunchback is referred to as?

• Dylan

• Thomas

• Mister

• Dog