Poem: What has happened to Lulu

Find information to answer the questions below:

1. Read the poem for overall understanding of what it is about.
2. From stanza 1, what does the shoe indicate? Why?
3. From stanza 2, what is the ‘circle on the dusty shelf’?
4. From stanza 2, where is the money-box now? Why do you say so?
5. From stanza 3, why did the mother turn her head and cried?
6. What did the mother throw on the fire? Why do you think she did that?
7. From stanza 4, what had happened the night before?
8. Why did the poet use the phrase ‘engine roar’ in stanza 4?
9. From stanza 5, who do you think cried and why?
10. Why do you think the mother keeps avoiding the questions by the child?
11. From stanza 5, Why did the mother wander around?
12. In your opinion, what has happened to Lulu?

Explain the themes of the poem:

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