L I T E R AT U R E

WHAT HAS HAPPENDED

TO LULU?
W H AT I S H A P P E N I N G
TO THIS GIRL?
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 SETTING
TONE & MOOD - TIME (Probably
·Tone : confusion in England –
Money Box)
·Mood : sadness, - PLACE
LANGUAGE AND STYLE irony (Somewhere in
the past
· Written in six stanzas of four lines each;
second and fourth lines rhyme THEMES
· Regular and simple form fits the voice of the · The end of childhood
narrator/persona, a young child
ELEMENTS and loss of innocence
· Literary devices : rhetorical questions, OF · Parent-child relationship
imagery, alliteration, onomatopoeia, contrast,
POETRY · Grief and love
symbolism.

PERSONA
· An observant, inquisitive, and
MESSAGES precocious child
· We should seek help in
MORAL VALUES · Either the younger sister of
the face of challenges brother of Lulu, the main subject
• Love and appreciation · Families should be of the poem
• Obedience and respect havens of love and
• Honesty understanding
• Freedom and responsibility · Be open and honest with
children