KINGDOM 2 Flashback Understand 1. How does the speaker describe their memory of their home?
2. Do you think the speaker in this poem is male or female? Give one reason for your answer.
Explore
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1. Use evidence from the poem to suggest one possibility for the ‘worst news’ the speaker receives about their home.
2. What is your understanding of the speaker’s admission that ‘It may by now be a lie’?
3. Select one image from the poem that stands out to you. What makes this an effective image?
4. ‘Some poems vividly bring a place to life for the reader.’ Choose a poem that you have studied that describes a place.
(a) Name the poem and the poet. (b) Discuss how the poet brings this place to life in the poem.
Investigate
Work in groups to read the poem aloud and choose one image that stands out. Use your research skills to fi nd pictures to represent this image and explain your choice to the class.
Imagery is descriptive language that appeals to our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch).
