Background

Question 1

Structure of BlackBerry Picking

Answer 1

• Bipartite structure / Volta
• Indicates dramatic change
• First stanza describes the love for berries - to second stanza where berries begin to rot.

Question 2

Theme of BlackBerry Picking

Answer 2

The realisation that the fruit he loves to pick begins to rot, showing emerging adulthood / awareness of mortality.

Question 3

Structure of Personal Helicon

Answer 3

• Quatrains: 4 lines stanzas
• Decasyllabic: 10 syllables every line

Question 3

Theme of Personal Helicon

Answer 3

Different methods of self exploitation that shows the transition into maturity.

Question 4

Structure of Death of a Naturalist

Answer 4

• Bipartite structure / Volta
• Indicates dramatic change
• First stanza covers the memories of the speaker’s youth and the innocent exploration of nature - Second stanza shows a change of perception where he suddenly sees this activity in a new, disturbing light.

Question 5

Theme of Death of a Naturalist

Answer 5

A change in the way the speaker perceives nature, showing fear of the adult world / emerging sexuality.