Originally by Carol Ann Duffy (Higher/Nat 5)

Which of the following themes is not a key aspect of the poem 'Originally'?

• Travel

• Identity

• Change/Loss

• Childhood/Memory

The poem is probably inspired by...

• Something Duffy's teacher said to her as a child

• Duffy's family moving from Scotland to England as a child

• A story Duffy read in a newspaper about migration

• The real life experiences of refugees

Originally has a structure of three stanzas of eight lines or

• quatrains

• sestets

• octets

• tercets

The poem opens with the plural pronoun _____ suggesting the speaker was part of a family who experienced the move and change in lifestyle together.

• 'I'

• 'you'

• 'they'

• 'we'

Which word at the start of Stanza Two moves the poem from a personal experience to one of universal significance?

• All

• Childhood

• Some

• Others

Which of these explanations of the phrase "Fell though the fields" is unlikely to be accurate?

• A journey from Scotland in the North to England in the South

• An uncharted and forced journey into the unknown

• A quick and chaotic journey

• An accident took place in the park during a break from the journey

Which hyperbolic verb in stanza one emphasises the loss of control amongst the brothers at being forced to leave home?

• singing

• bawling

• cried

• rushed

The repetition of which word uses repetition, caesura and enjambment to draw attention to the cries of the brothers who want to return to Scotland?

• Paw

• Home

• Stared

• Cried

Which object is personified in stanza one as if they are returning to Scotland?

• The street

• The miles

• The house

• The blind toy

The second stanza switches to the ____ to show a more universal theme of growing up and bring transformed.

• second person 'you'

• first person 'I'

• third person 'they'

• First person plural 'we'