Salome Quiz

Quiz on Salome by Carol Ann Duffy

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  • Created on: 14-12-10 15:41
Why was Salome angry
John spurned her sexual advances
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What is unusual about the stanzas
Irregular length
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Who was Salome
Daughter of Herodias
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What kind of language is used on line 27?
Colloquial
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Why did Herod grant Salome a wish?
She danced for him
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what kind of persona is adopted on line 23?
Masculine
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She is devoid of what
Emotion
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What kind of language is used on line 27?

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Why did Herod grant Salome a wish?

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Josh

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Sorry, but Salome IS the daughter of Herod AS WELL AS the daughter of Herodias.  Please fix that.  Also, enjambment IS used in the poem: "...her innocent clatter / of cups and plates,".  There is no punctuation between 'clatter', at the end of line 18, and 'of', at the start of line 19.

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