Walking Away

What is Walking Away about?

• A bird fleeing the nest.

• The speaker reflecting back on the memory of his son leaving for boarding school.

• A great footballer.

• A son who misses their dad.

'like a ------ seed loosened from its ------ stem'

(a)  

What device can be found in the quote 'like a winged seed'

• Personification

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

'how -------- begins with a walking away'

(a)  

'and ---- is proved in the ------- go.'

(a)  

What does the noun 'selfhood' mean?

• Speaking

• Masculinity

• Independence

• Mean

What type of poem is this?

• Sonnet

• Ballad

• Lyrical poem

• Dramatic Monologue

Who is the speaker in the poem?

• The father

• The son

• The mother

• The granddaughter

'It is -------- years ago, almost to the day'

(a)  

'like a ---------/-------- from its orbit'

• son/ taken

• satellite/ wrecked

• satellite/ wrenched

• sandwich/ wrestled