Comparative Poems: My Parents& LBC

Which poem are the lines "You must not make a plaything of the rain" from?

• My Parents Kept me from Children who were rough

• African Thunderstorm

• Little Boy Crying

• South

What is the best definition for the word “lithe”?

• frustrated

• slow

• clumsy

• agile

The adult is characterized as an ogre. Which poem does this refer to?

• Bird shooting season

• Little Boy Crying

• My Parents Kept me from Children who Were Rough

• A Stone's Throw

What is one common theme in both poems?

• Friendship

• Childhood

• Adulthood

• Retrospective

"You must not make a plaything of the rain". What can the rain be a metaphor for?

• tears

• life

• childhood

• sadness

What does metamorphosed suggest?

• a transformer

• a pokemon

• a change

• an illusion

Little Boy Crying can be said to be a poem about

• overprotective parents

• adult responsibility

• tough love and consequence

• family and love

In what ways can the MP & LBC be said to tackle the issue of suffering?

• the parent suffers & the child suffers

• the child is beaten and is in pain, the adult feels guilt, the child is isolated

• The adults die and the children are orphaned

• A storm destroys the village

Both poems (Little Boy Crying and My Parents) can be classified as what type of poems?

• free verse

• sonnet

• ballad

• ode

The continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza refers to

• run on sentence

• litotes

• hyperbole

• enjambment