'the sonnet-ballad' is about a woman's sadness and despair when her lover is sent to war.

'the sonnet-ballad' is about broken hearts.

'the sonnet-ballad' is about the battlefield.

'the sonnet-ballad' is about the experience of a black American in 1930.

punctuation at the end of a line in a poem.

punctuation used in the middle of a line in a poem.

Select the correct definition of caesura.

because she did not want to use punctuation.

to reflect the speaker's strong emotions and share her train of thought.

Lines in a poem which finish with punctuation are called...

Key stage 3

Structure in 'the sonnet-ballad'

Because she thinks her heart is useless like an empty cup without having someone to love.

Why does Brooks call her heart an 'empty heart-cup?'

Fill in the gap in the sentence: Brooks _______ death by describing it as 'the other woman.'

to emphasise that he had no choice in going to war.

Why did Brooks repeat the phrase 'would have to' in her poem?

Brooks forgot she had written it the first time.

Brooks is showing the reader that this story is one which has happened before and will happen again.

Brooks wants to remind us that the speaker is asking for help.

It is the main point of the poem and so should be repeated.

The first and last line of the poem are the same: "Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?" Why are they repeated?

What technique is used by Brooks in the first and last line? 'Oh mother, mother, where is happiness?'