an afternoon nap
Who is the poet and where is he from?
Arthur Yap from Singapore
Who is the poet and where is she from?
Nancy Fotheringham Cato from Australia
Who is the poet and where are they from?
Stevie Smith from England
Where does Elizabeth and her family live?
Longbourne
Who is the leader of the Mechanicals (director)?
Peter Quince
What visual and auditory imagery is used to portray the mother?
Descriptions that make her seem like an ape.
What type of poem is 'The Road'?
A ballad
What does 'touch and go' mean?
Something is uncertain.
Who is Elizabeth's uncle and aunty?
The Gardiners
Who said: "I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows..."
Oberon
What is the main message of the poem?
The cost of parental pressure to succeed.
What is the overall tone of the poem?
Hopeful
all mankind / humanity
When Mr Bingley and his company decide to suddenly leave where do they go?
London
Who said: "The man shall have his mare again, and all shall be well."
Puck
What is a concept explored in the poem?
Tiger parenting
What type of stanzas are used?
Cinquains
What is the author anxious about in this poem?
Humanity's ability to move forward after WWII
How is Lady Catherine De Bourg related to Mr Darcy?
She is his aunty
What is Duke Theseus doing when he finds the lovers asleep in the woods?
Hunting with Hippolyta, Egeus and others.
The mother thinks she is being a good mother but in reality her actions are hurting the boy.
What is the effect of the enjambment?
It adds momentum to the poem matching the movements the speaker describes.
What style of poem is this?
Allegorical
When was the novel written?
1797
What royal was Shakespeare trying to appeal to by having strong female characters like Titania and Hermia who challenged patriarchal rule.
Queen Elizabeth I