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WorksheetsEden Rock
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who wrote 'Eden Rock'?
Percy Byshe Shelley
Maura Dooley
Charles Causley
Oscar Wilde
How old was Causley when his father died?
7
25
15
46
What does the word "sprigged" mean?
A floral pattern
Tartan
Circular pattern
Striped pattern
There is ambiguity in the theme of the poem. Which two themes could be reflected here?
A son remembering a picnic with his parents.
A son thinking about meeting his parents in the afterlife.
A son thinking about his parents having a picnic together.
A narrative on nature generally using his parents for imagery.
The first four stanzas have how many lines in them?
5 lines
4 lines - Quatrain
3 lines - Tercet
14 lines
The last stanza has 4 lines in it but a break between which lines?
3rd and 4th
2nd and 3rd
1st and 2nd
The poet uses half rhyme throughout the poem. Why?
To reflect that something in this relationship is not quite perfect.
To make the structure of the poem interesting.
It is more interesting than full rhyme.
Is Eden Rock a real place or not?
Yes
No
How does the writer perhaps use Biblical imagery?
Eden is paradise/the garden of Heaven as written in the book of Genesis.
Eden is a place that people visit in Manchester.
Eden is the surname of his mother before she was married.
Words which are in the poem are all connected, 'rock', 'straw', 'grass', 'wheat etc., by what?
Nature
Farming
Images connected with the picnic
Causley describes his mother as 'Her hair, the colour of.....'
blonde
light
wheat
heaven
What is the last line of the poem?
'I had not thought that it would be like this.'
'Behind me, and will not go away.'
'And love is proved in the letting go.'
'Our souls tap out messages across the icy miles.'
The last line of the poem has a deliberate use of child-like language which we call.....?
Monosyllabic
Hyperbole
Semantic field
Pathetic fallacy
Language is used in the poem which might suggest a theme of death but the word is never used. What is this called?
Euphemism
Extended metaphor
Semantic field
Pathetic fallacy
This whole poem could be an extended metaphor for......
Death
Nature
Relationships
Parent/child relationship
