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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will meet the poem 'If We Must Die' for the first time. We will explore our first impressions of this powerful writing from the poet Claude McKay and learn more about what it means to study poetry.

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8 Questions

Q1.
Who wrote the poem 'If We Must Die'?
Correct answer: Claude McKay
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William Shakespeare
Q2.
How do we first approach a poem?
We analyse the poem
Correct answer: We listen to the poem
We try to understand every single word
We write about the poem
Q3.
When we first look at the sounds and language of a poem, what is it good to think about?
What it makes people say
Correct answer: What it makes us think and feel
Whether it is a good poem
Whether it rhymes
Q4.
What does it mean to do something nobly?
You do something dangerously
You do something in a posh way
You do something powerfully
Correct answer: You do something with honour
Q5.
Which of the two groups in the poem are described as behaving nobly?
The 'they' group
Correct answer: The 'we' group
Q6.
Which of these words is used to describe the 'we' group in the poem?
Dogs
Fighters
Correct answer: Kinsmen
Monsters
Q7.
Which of these words is used to describe the 'they' group in the poem?
Hogs
Men
Correct answer: Monsters
Tryants
Q8.
What have we learnt 'If We Must Die' is about so far?
It is about being murderous cowards
It is about fighting between hogs and dogs
It is about people dying
Correct answer: It is about standing up against violence