2. Recap
• The main features?
• List what is happening in
• Each stanza
3. Table
Stanza What happens? Language effect / Notes
No. 1
1 The mother sees the navy officers coming Regular Rhyme Scheme
2 The mother tells the child it they are friends of Simple ordinary language
their father
3 No euphemisms (The
trruth
4 Navy hides location of his
death
5 Mother reflects on life
6 Two opposite ideas are
put together
(juxtaposition)
7 Looks at photo of happy times
8
9 Image of sorrow and loss
4. What does this poem tell us about loss
in a journey
• Chose 4 idea from the table that show how a
journey is shown.
