Mid-Term Break (Junior Cert English): Quizzes
📚Quizzes
Practise the questions
12 questions from this quiz
ShowHide
Practise the questions
12 questions from this quiz
What does the word 'wearing' suggest about the bruise?
What does the word 'wearing' suggest about the bruise?
It is temporary
What does the poppy symbolise in the poem?
What does the poppy symbolise in the poem?
Remembrance and war
What effect does the word 'wearing' have on the reality of death?
What effect does the word 'wearing' have on the reality of death?
It softens it
What type of imagery is used with the poppy bruise?
What type of imagery is used with the poppy bruise?
Delicate, floral imagery
What does the delicate imagery contrast with?
What does the delicate imagery contrast with?
The violence of the accident
What does the contrast in imagery highlight?
What does the contrast in imagery highlight?
The innocence of the child
How is death presented in the 'poppy bruise' line?
How is death presented in the 'poppy bruise' line?
Understated and gentle
What is the final line of the poem?
What is the final line of the poem?
A four-foot box, a foot for every year
What tone does the 'four-foot box' line have?
What tone does the 'four-foot box' line have?
Measured and factual
What makes the final line emotionally powerful?
What makes the final line emotionally powerful?
No dramatic language, just stark reality
What does the precise mention of four feet, four years do?
What does the precise mention of four feet, four years do?
Forces reader to visualise child's size
What lasting impression does the final image leave?
What lasting impression does the final image leave?
Grief and finality