Ballads of Birmingham Questions

  1. What is the poem about?

The poem ‘Bridges of Birmingham’ is about the death of the children of the church bombing in Alabama, 1963.

  1. ‘She combed and brushed her night-dark hair.’
  1. The words and phrases which make me realise the young girl was sweet/innocent/kind were:

‘Mother dear, may I go downtown instead of out to play’ because the fact she calls her mother ‘dear’ means she must be very close to her. 

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