Little boy crying

Question 1

The father enjoyed disciplining his son.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

How is the child disciplined?

Accepted Answer

Slapped

Question 3

The child imagines their father as an Ogre. What does this metaphor suggest?

Accepted Answer

The Father is fearsome and heartless.

Question 4

What is a theme in the poem?

Accepted Answer

Childhood

Question 5

"Grim giant" is an example of which literary device?

Accepted Answer

Metaphor, Alliteration

Question 6

What is the tone of the poem?

Accepted Answer

Love and frustration, Pain and longing

Question 7

Suddenly, the child's crying halts and they search their father's face; what do they want to achieve?

Accepted Answer

Shame the father

Question 8

What technique is used in the "fierce man longs to lift you"?

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 9

"Swimming tears, splashing your bare feet" reflects what?

Accepted Answer

Sobbing profusely onto innocently naked feet.

Question 10

"The hurt your easy tears scald with" is an example of which literary device?

Accepted Answer

irony

Question 11

In the final line, we understand why the father reacted the way he did. Why is this?

Accepted Answer

Rain

Question 12

The poem alludes to which of these popular stories?

Accepted Answer

Jack and the bean stalk

Question 13

How did the father want to console the son?

Accepted Answer

Playing together

Question 14

The narrative voice is:

Accepted Answer

Second Person (adult describing)

Question 15

The literary devices found in "Swimming tears, splashing your bare feet" are:

Accepted Answer

Sibilance & metaphor

Question 16

What does the Father want to achieve (and is also the point of fairy tales)?

Accepted Answer

To teach an important lesson.

Question 17

What does the Father want to do?

Accepted Answer

Console and teach his son

Question 18

The child imagines trapping the ogre. What literary device is being used to link to the fairy tales?

Accepted Answer

allusion

Question 19

"nor guess the wavering hidden behind that mask." - What does this line mean?

Accepted Answer

The Father is trying to hide his emotions

Question 20

The laughter is "metamorphosed into howls". What literary devices are used here?

Accepted Answer

Hyperbole and onomatopoeia, Onomatopoeia and metaphor

Questions 20