Poem Analysis Lamenting of the dead mother

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Poem Analysis

Lament for the dead mother written

byEwe


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Lament for the dead mother Mother dear,Mother you freely give ofwhat you havefresh food and cooked meals

alike.Mother, listen to me!The crying child will call afterits mother.Why don’t you answer,mother, when I call?


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What is the poem talking about?,

Mother you freely give of what

you havefresh food and cooked mealsalike.

Mother, listen to me!The crying child will call afterits mother.Why don’t you answer, mother,when I call?

Are we quarrelling?The poem is about a child who is lamenting about

his or her dead mother.


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What is the central message of a poem?Mother dear,

Mother you freely give of what you havefresh food and cooked mealsalike.Mother, listen to me!The crying child will call afterits mother.Why don’t you answer, mother,

when I call?The central message of this poem is death

What is the main theme of a poem?

or


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Who is speaking in a poem?,




Are we quarrelling?The one who is speaking in this poem is a crying child


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How a poet feels in this poem?Mother dear,Mother you freely give of what you havefresh food and cooked meals

alike.Mother, listen to me!The crying child will call after

its mother.Why don’t you answer, mother,when I call?Are we uarrellin ?

or

A poet feels sad towards his or her dead mother

Hence, the tone is sadness or sorrow

What is the tone of a poet?


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How do you feel about this poem?Mother dear,Mother you freely give of what

you havefresh food and cooked mealsalike.Mother, listen to me!The crying child will call after

its mother.Why don’t you answer, mother,when I call?

Are we quarrelling?

I feel sad or sorrow about this poem, especially for

the crying child

or What is the mood of a poem?


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Comment on the use language of a poem,




Are we quarrelling?

A poet uses simple and direct language which has no

figures of speech


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Comment on sound devices in a poem,Mother you freely give of what

you havef resh f ood and cooked mealsalike .

Mother, listen to m e !The crying child will call afterits mother.Why don’t you answer, mother,when I call?

Are we quarrelling?

A poet uses sound devices such as; alliteration ( f resh and f ood),assonance (f ood and c ooked), rhyme (alik e and m e) so as to makemusical effect in a poem.


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Comment on the form of a poem,Mother you freely give of what you havefresh food and cooked mealsalike.


Are we quarrelling?

The form in this poem is open form or free verse form because it doesn’t follow traditional specific pattern of meter and regular rhyme scheme


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How many characters does a poem have?,Mother you freely give of what you havefresh food and cooked mealsalike.


Are we quarrelling?There two characters in a poem; the crying child and the dead

mother


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Poem Analysis Lamenting of the dead mother