Prayer before birth Flashcards
1
Q
Who is the aurthor of the poem?
A
Lois Macneice
2
Q
What device is “bloodsucking bats”
A
Alliteration
3
Q
What does ‘prayer’ in the title show
A
That this unborn baby is asking god for help
4
Q
What gets repeated at the beginning of every stanza?
A
I am not yet born
5
Q
What device is
“Blood baths”
A
Alliteration
6
Q
Who is being referred to in the quote “man who is beast”
A
The devil or satan
7
Q
What device is “trees to talk to me”
A
Personification
8
Q
What device is “like thistledown”
A
Simile
9
Q
Me a _____ in a machine.
A
Cog
10
Q
Hands would _____ me
A
Spill
