Prayer Before Birth Flashcards
1
Q
Who does he refer to when he says “let not the man who is beast or who thinks he is god come near me”??
A
The devil
2
Q
What language device is “ lovers laugh at me”??
A
Alliteration
3
Q
What language device is “grass to grow for me”??
A
Personification
4
Q
When did MacNeice write this poem
A
In 1944 (just after WW2)
5
Q
One use of repetition
A
“I am not yet born”
6
Q
What language device is “hither and thither”
A
Assonance
7
Q
Is the poem free verse??
A
Yep
8
Q
Why did he write his poem??
A
To describe how we are changing the world and how it is not going to end well
9
Q
It is being told by an unborn child which conveys that it’s…..
A
Dramatic monologue
10
Q
“Like water held in the hands would spill me”
A
Simile
