Hide and seek

Question 1

The sacks in the tool shed smell like the seaside

Answer 1

Simile, sibilance and sensory imagery- enables the reader to imagine they are there with the boy- increases the empathy for him

Question 2

The floor is cold.

Answer 2

Caesura, emphasises change in mood to something less friendly

Question 3

Call out. Call loud:

Answer 3

Imperative verb, places the reader in the middle of the game almost like the speaker is trying to advise the boy

Question 4

They must be thinking that you’re very clever

Answer 4

Ironic as the boy is ignorant of the gangs intentions

Question 5

What stops in line 21&22?

Answer 5

Rhyme- the rhyme is harmonious- lack of rhyme signals the turning point in the poem as the boy realises his relationship with the other boys is not harmonious, they are cruel

Question 6

The dark damp smell of sand moves in your throat

Answer 6

Sensory imagery, helps the reader empathise with the bit, put themselves in his situation

Question 7

The darkening garden watches.
The bushes hood their breath;

Answer 7

Personification + caesuras, creates an ominous suspenseful atmosphere, slows the pace- reader is waiting for boys realisation

Question 8

But where are they who sought you?

Answer 8

Rhetorical question- boys initial confusion follows by the sudden realisation that the other boys have abandoned him

Question 9

The sun is gone.

Answer 9

Symbolises boys loss of hope that he’s won the games/ realisation of his so-called friend’s cruelty