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I looked again at her,wan, pale as a late winter's moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood's fear.' Questions: a) Name the poem and the poet. b) What was the poet's childhood fear? c) Identify the literary device used in the above lines. d) Why has the mother been compared to a late winter's moon? ....I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, 'Her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, Questions: a) What did the poet realize upon seeing her mother? b) How did the poet try to put this thought away? c) Identify the literary device used in the second line. d) Name the poem and the poet. ..that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away and looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes.' Questions: a) Where was the poet going? b) Which thought did the poet try to put away? c) Why did the poet look out of the window? d) What is the contrast highlighted in these lines?​

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with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, Questions: a) What did the poet realize upon seeing her mother? b) How did the poet try to put this thought away? c) Identify the literary device used in the second line. d) Name the poem and the poet. ..that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away and looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes.' Questions: a) Where was the poet going? b) Which thought did the poet try to put away? c) Why did the poet look out of the window? d) What is the contrast highlighted in these lines?