1. The poem ‘Ballad of Birmingham’ is about the baptist church bombing. On the 15th of September, 1963, 4 young girls were killed and 22 injured in a white supremacist terrorist attack outside a baptist church on 16th street in Birmingham, Alabama. The poem depicts a mother and her daughter in conversation over her daughter wanting to protest for freedom of African-Americans but being sent off to church instead to remain safe.
2. ‘She has combed and brushed her night-dark hair,’
3. ‘But mother I won’t be alone… To make our country free.’ these lines show that she has an idealistic view of a world filled with love and peace.
‘And bathed rose petals sweet, and drawn white gloves on her small brown hands.’ the girl likes to dress up in sweet little clothing, and the added ‘small brown hands’ showcase her innocence as a young naive girl.
‘No baby… little child.’ shows she is a very young girl who’s seen by her mother as some in need of protection and care.
Extensions Question(s):
1. The use of two different methods or narration gives it an internal/external effect. The internal effect is the dialogue between the mother and daughter as this is from a personal perspective. The narration is an external effect as it’s describing the event but from an unknown perspective.
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