Special Hero - Poem by Christina M. Kerschen
8th English: Unit 1: Poem: Questions & Answers
A. Read the poem aloud in pairs.
(This section is an instruction for students to practice reading the poem.)
B. Find a line from the poem to match the statements given below.
Statements to Match:
1. He always saves me from harm
2. I am so lucky to get you
3. The affection between us has no end
Matching Lines from the Poem:
1. Answer: "keeping me safe from harm”.
2. Answer: “How did I get so lucky. You were the Dad chosen for me”.
3. Answer: “Our love is everlasting”.
C. Answer the following questions.
1. Who is the speaker?
Answer: The poet, Christina M. Kerschen, is the speaker.
2. Who is the special hero mentioned in the poem?
Answer: The poet’s father is the special hero mentioned in the poem.
3. How did the child feel when it was hold by its dad?
Answer: The child felt the love and kindness of her father. She felt that she was safe from harm.
4. What do the above lines mean?
Seems it was sent to me
From someplace up above.
Answer: The above lines means that the poet’s father is sent to her from heaven.
5. What did the child want to tell its dad?
Answer: The child wanted to tell her dad that he was her special hero.
D. Work in pairs and answer the questions below.
1. Identify the alliteration in the given lines.
"There is something special
about a father's love".
Answer: “something - special”, are the alliterated words in the given lines.
2. Pick out the rhyming words from the poem.
Answer: see - me; love - above; know - so are the rhyming words.
Poem Comprehension
1. I felt the love and tenderness
keeping me safe from harm
(a) Who felt the love and tenderness?
Answer: The poet felt the love and tenderness of her father.
(b) What did he keep her safe?
Answer: He kept her safe from harm.
(c) What do you mean by ‘tenderness’?
Answer: ‘Tenderness’ means “Gentleness and kindness”.
2. How did I get so lucky.
You were the dad chosen for me
a. who was lucky?
Answer: The poet was lucky.
b. why was she lucky?
Answer: She was lucky because he was the dad chosen for her.
c. Is the poet excited about her father’s love?
Answer: Yes, she is excited and feels lucky to get a Dad like him.
Poetic Devices
1. Pick out the alliterated words?
Seems it was sent to me
from someplace up above
Answer: “Seems - sent” are alliterated words.
2. Pick out the rhyming words.
I just wanted you to know
That you’re my special hero
and I wanted to tell you so.
Answer: “know - so” are the rhyming words.
Short Questions and Answers
1. When did the poet’s father hold her in his arms?
Answer: He held her in his arms when she was a baby.
2. What did she see, when she looked up into his eyes?
Answer: She saw all the love of her father, when she looked up into his eyes.
3. What is something special?
Answer: There is something special about a father’s love.
4. Whose love is everlasting?
Answer: The love between the father and the child is everlasting.
5. Who is the poet of this poem?
Answer: Christina M. Kerschen is the poet of this poem.