1. Explain how the thread is used as a theme throughout the poem. (4)

2. How is a sense of energy created through language and/or sentence structure in lines 7-10. (6)

3. This poem explores childhood. How is this idea developed in another poem or poems by Paterson that you have read?

4. This poem explores childhood. How is this idea developed in another poem or poems by Paterson that you have read?