Poetry - Eden Rock

Who is the narrator of 'Eden Rock'?

• The father

• The mother

• A child

• The son

What is the poem's narrative? (What is the poem about?)

What are the main themes of the poem?

• Love, parent-child relationships, sadness

• Love, relationships, nostalgia, parenthood

• Love, parent-child relationship, nostalgia, family ties

• Love, parent-child relationship, nostalgia, life changes

The poem is formed of stanzas of four lines, these are called:

• Paragraphs

• Verses

• Quatrains

• Quartets

Duffy uses caesura (breaking the poetic line) throughout the poem to create what effect?

• Disjointed family

• A slow pace

• A sad tone

• A sense of distance

The line 'as if lit by three suns' is a ________ which refers to__________

• simile, how sunny it is and the narrator cannot see

• simile, a divine (god-like) presence and the narrator is worried

• simile, the Christian Holy Trinity and the scene is likely imagined

• simile, how the parents were beautiful and glowing

7. What does the description of the mother in the line 'sprigged dress... straw hat... colour of wheat, takes on the light' suggest?

What is the significant of describing the father's 'same suit of Genuine Irish Tweed'?

• Shows that the father is kind

• Shows the father always wears the same clothes

• Shows the family are modest and humble

• Shows the son remembers his father as modest and admires this

Complete the quotation: 'slowly set out the ____ ______ plates, the tin cups painted blue'

Complete the quotations: 'I had not ____ ______ ___ would be like this'.