The Nurse's Song (I) Flashcards
The Nurses Song (I): rhyme scheme
ABCB
The Nurses Song (I): how many stanzas are in the poem
4
The Nurses Song (I): Rousseau
“man is born free but everywhere he is in chains”
The Nurses Song (I): what kind of form is the poem in
ballad form
The Nurses Song (I): why is the poem not accurate about children during the time period
children were expected to seen but not heard, not running around laughing
The Nurses Song (I): what is inaccurate about the poem
children would not be allowed out as it got dark because it was a higher chance that they would catch a illness and die
The Nurses Song (I): why did lots of children die in blakes day
because they didn’t have advanced medicine
“come come leave off play, and let us away”
gentle voice
most likely not the parent but loves the child as if their own
motherly love
the poems characters
the nannie/guardian
the child/children
Stanza one voice
thoughts of the adult
stanza two voice
the adult talking
stanza three voice
the child talking
stanza four voice
the adult talking
“my heart…”
love/affection for the children as if they were her own
“no no let us play, for it is yet day…”
not following the adults instructions
children would not do this in blakes time
