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Oh, I Wish I’d Looked After Me Teeth
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08/02/2021 10:30 am
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Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
If I’d known, I was paving the way
To cavity, caps and decay
the murder of fillin's
I’d have thrown all me sherbet away
(а) Why did the poet develop cavities in her teeth?
(b) Which poetic device does the poet use in the second line?
(c) Give the meaning of ‘sherbet’.
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08/02/2021 10:31 am
(a) The poet developed cavities in her teeth because she had been eating too much sweets, lollies and toffees, etc.
(b) It is alliteration.
(c) ‘A sweet candy’.