Before You Were Mine

Question 1

Throughout, repetition of:

Answer 1

“before you were mine”

emphasis

Question 2

Admiration for mum

Answer 2

last stanza - ‘you’d teach me the steps’

Question 3

‘Marilyn’

Answer 3

lexical set of Hollywood/glamour - 50’s to 60’s - cultural refernece

Question 4

quote to describe life of freedom before the child

Answer 4

‘you sparkle and waltz and laugh’

Question 5

‘your’

Answer 5

direct reference to young mum

Question 6

Useful quotes

Answer 6

‘polka-dot dress blows around your legs’
‘high-healed red shoes’
‘before you were mine’
‘loud possessive yell’