Page 4 - Lesson Notes 1

The poem consists of 7 stanzas.

The 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th stanzas are made

up of 4 lines each, and are spoken by an

authoritative person in Amanda’s life,

perhaps her mother.

The 2nd, 4th and 6th stanzas are written

within brackets, are made up of 3 lines

each, and are spoken by Amanda herself.

Hence, the entire poem consists of 25

lines in total.