Question

Comprehension Questions


1. Why did the author’s parents move? Give some possible reasons why they left their home and their country to make a new life elsewhere.





2. What does “with a smile or a fist” mean? (line 11)





3. Who is the subject of the poem? (What personal pronoun does the author use?) Does this make the person sound confused about his or her identity?





4. Explain the comparison the author makes between the people and “a great flock of swallows”. (lines 26-29)




Toolkit:

Poets are free to write without punctuation if they wish, just like Dave Calder does in this poem. Use the poem to practice of sentence boundaries, by writing the poem in continuous prose and adding capital letters and full stops.


Add any other punctuation marks you think are necessary.


Paraphrase the first 3 stanzas here.

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Answer 1

Answer:

2=smile or a fist mean that some body Tich or hurt 3=the poem susject was Dave calder

Answer 2

Answer:

Because they were refugees