Prove the following statements are true by QUOTING from the poem:
a. The boy does not have a home. (1)
b. The boy has lost hope of getting any help. (1)
c. Passers-by do not want to help him. (1)
1.2 What does the “huge jacket” (line 3) represent in both literal and figurative terms? (2)
1.3 Identify the figure and explain the figure of speech used in the following:
a. Line 5 ‘the dirt screams from his flesh like a rotten smell’(2)
b. Lines 7-8 ‘his lullaby is the hiss of the water from the pond and the roaring steel river;’ (2)
1.4 Refer to lines 9-10 ‘and the eyes… of boiling water’
Explain the attitude of the adults towards the sleeping black boy. (2)
1.5 Give an explanation of why the poet thinks the boy will end up dying from smoking glue. (2)
1.6 Identify and explain the theme of this poem. (3)(18)
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the boy does not have a home
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what is being compared to what in the roaring steel river .explain why you say so
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