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“But now comes the reckonin’ It’s me they are beckonin’ Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth”. (а) ‘But now comes the reckonin’. Explain. (b) Who are beckoning the poet?
Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth
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08/02/2021 10:13 am
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
“But now comes the reckonin’
It’s me they are beckonin’
Oh, I wish I’d looked after me teeth”.
(а) ‘But now comes the reckonin’. Explain.
(b) Who are beckoning the poet?
(c) What is the poet’s regret?
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08/02/2021 10:14 am
(а) It means that she harmed her teeth by eating many sweets. Now the time has come to estimate or calculate the harm.
(b) The false teeth of the mother are calling the poet.
(c) The poet’s regret is that she did not take proper care of her teeth.
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