Praise Song for my Mother by Mr Morris https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai Year 11 Revision Notes en-us 2013-03-04 14:40:41 UTC 2023-03-18 07:46:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Praise Song for my Mother smorris https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7699739 2013-03-04 14:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7699739 Mr Warner https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7704621 I enjoyed the warmth of this poem. I particularly liked how the poet captures both the necessity, "You were water to me" and the beauty, "you were sunrise to me" that she sees in her mother/mother country.

]]> 2013-03-04 16:08:17 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7704621 Miss Clayton https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7748605 http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/grace-nichols-praise-song-for-my-mother/12248.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/grace-nichols-praise-song-for-my-mother-poem-only/1358.html

]]> 2013-03-05 16:07:25 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7748605 Miss Clayton https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7748621 Why is the poem structured in this way?

What effect does this have on the reader?

It seems to create a very rhythmic quality.  

]]> 2013-03-05 16:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7748621 Mrs Brooke https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7749473 I love how she uses images of water, the moon and sun (all powerful symbols of nature) to describe her mother's character which shows her strength, personality and the extent of her love and affection towards her

]]> 2013-03-05 16:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7749473 Miss Rushton lrushton https://padlet.com/smorris/chpygy0bai/wish/7873441 Find examples of how her mother touched her senses (touch, sight, smell, taste).

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