Blessing

Question 1

The skin cracks like a pod.

Answer 1

Symbol the character of sentence emphasises how water the simple basic need it presents as a fact that there’s never enough water and the people except that fact

Question 2

What tense is the poem opened in?

Answer 2

Present tense makes it seem more intimate for the reader and create sympathy for those who don’t have What we take for granted

Question 3

Drip… splash… echo

Answer 3

Onomatopoeia-Splash and drip to crash and rolls from small amount of water to deluge when pipe burst sensory imagery every drop of water is precious and they have so little of it

Question 4

Liquid sun

Answer 4

Metaphor- Sun and water were both necessary for life. Connotes takes light shining through water.

Question 5

‘Screaming’ in the liquid sun

Answer 5

Auditory imagery- convey the Children’s excitement of unexpected supply of water and shows how unusual it is to have such short supply of it

Question 6

Small bones

Answer 6

Emotive language- children are innocent they are ‘polished to perfection’ and it’s emphasised by the alliteration. The water cleanses them physically but from a religious perspective of the water is like a baptism cleansing them spiritually children uninhabited show their joyful water and playfulness with it.