NURSE'S SONG (EXPERIENCE)

Question 1

What is the poem about?

Answer 1

• The titular nurse hears the voices of the children.
• She is disgusted by their innocence and joy of the children and orders them to come home.

Question 2

Describe the structure of the poem

Answer 2

• 2 quatrains
• Broadly anapestic (unstressed, unstressed, stressed)
• ABCB rhyme scheme (regular rhyme scheme)

Question 3

Context- Nurse’s song experince

Answer 3

• Twin poem that explores the same subjects from a new perspective.
• The phrase “nurses song” takes on different meanings within the poems (harmony/ possessivness)

Question 4

Symbolic interpretation of the poem