These questions are like the ones you will find in the Scottish Text section of the exam. You can have a go at them now or have a go later.

1. Identify how a sense of adventure is established in the first four lines. (2)

2. Identify and explain how the atmosphere is created in lines 24-30. (4)

3. Show how the theme of time is explored in this poem. (4)

4. In this poem, Paterson uses an apparently ordinary experience to explore a deeper truth about humanity. By referring to this and another poem or poems by Don Paterson you have studied discuss how he uses poetry to explore the deeper truths behind ordinary experience. (10)