Starter quiz
- Who is 'Poppies' written from the perspective of?
- a soldier
- a soldier's sister
- a soldiers' mother ✓
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- In this quote from 'Poppies': "smoothed down your shirt’s upturned collar", how does the mother seem?
- jealous
- angry
- protective ✓
- nostalgic
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- Throughout the poem, Weir uses frequent...
- floral imagery
- winter imagery
- textile imagery ✓
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- Which quote from 'Poppies' suggests the mother may be at peace with her son's death?
- "my stomach busy making tucks, darts, pleats"
- "The dove pulled freely against the sky" ✓
- "I listened, hoping to hear your playground voice"
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- "steeled", "blockade", "reinforcements". All of these words fit the semantic field of...
- love
- peace
- hope
- war ✓
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- Through the dramatic monologue form...
- Weir compels the reader to acknowledge the mother's quiet trauma ✓
- Weir places significance on the soldier's pain
- Weir shows the patriotism of mothers of boys at war
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