5.2.3
Refer to line 4 ('So your chimney... soot I sleep.')
(a) Identify the figure of speech in this line.
(1)
(b) Explain the appropriateness of this figure of speech.
(2)
5.2.4 Compare Tom's real life to his dream life.
(2)
5.2.5 Explain the alliteration in line 15.
(1)
5.2.6 Refer to line 12. (Were all of ... coffins of black.')
(a) What are 'coffins of black'?
(1)
(b) Why are these coffins black?
(1)
5.2.7 Refer to line 24. ('So if all ... not fear harm.')
Discuss the irony in this statement.
(2
5.2.8 One of the themes in the poem is child labour and exploitation.
Discuss the theme in the context of the poem.
(3
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