Poem "Once Upon a Time"

The poem speaks about everything except

• How people on a whole hate being pretentious

• The modern way of greeting someone

• The lack of compassion, simplicity and brotherhood

• Condemning the hypocrisy of adults

"Once Upon a Time" is written by

• Gabriel Oconnor

• Gabriel Okara

• Joan Bell

• VS Reid

Gabriel Okara is a

• Jamaican poet

• Nigerian poet

• Trinidadian poet

• American poet

The poem is told from who's petspective?

• A father who is telling this story to his son

• A son telling his father a story

• A woman talking to her uncle

• All of the above

How many stanzas does this poem have?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

Identify the device used in this line : "with all their conforminb smiles/ like a fixed portrait

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Alliteration

Identify the device used in this line , "Shows only my teeth like a snake's bare fangs"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the figure of speech , " ice block-cold eyes"

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

Identify the device used in these lines: " so show me son" "but believe me"

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Allitration

Which of these is a theme in the poem?

• The loss of innocence

• Bravery

• Cultural identity

• Courage and determination