Read the poem and answer questions 13 to 15.
Here she lies, a pretty bud,
Lately made of flesh and blood;
Who as soon fell fast asleep
As her little eyes did peep.
Give her strewings, but not stir
The earth that lightly covers her.
The poem is about a/an ___________
Although the poem begins by calling her a “pretty bud”, this is a metaphor. The poet compares a young child to a flower to show innocence and delicacy. Phrases like “flesh and blood”, “little eyes”, and “fast asleep” suggest a human being, not an actual flower. The lines “Give her strewings, but not stir / The earth that lightly covers her” imply a gentle burial. This shows that the poem is about a dead child and not a plant or an adult.
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