Poem ‘What Has Happened to Lulu?

’ by Charles Causley

PRACTICE 1

a) Who are the personas in the poem and where are they?

b) Why do you think the window is open?

c) How would you describe the persona’s mother’s feelings?

‘ And say it is nothing at all.’

d) Why does the persona’s mother say that? Is it right for her to make light of the

situation?

Reason:

Opinion:

PRACTICE 2

a) What does the persona observe about the sister’s room?

b) In stanza 3, list the actions of the persona’s mother.

c) How does the persona’s mother try to calm him concerning the sounds he heard the

night before?

‘ What has happened to Lulu?’

d) How does the sentence reflect the persona’s feelings? If you know of someone who has

this problem of a missing sibling, what would you say to him or her?

Reflection of feelings:

Advice:
PRACTICE 3

a) How do we know that the mother is sad about Lulu’s disappearance?

b) What does the ‘ flapping of the curtains’ signify?

c) What is the theme of this poem?

‘ And by its side a shoe’

d) What does this tell you about the way Lulu left the house? What possible reasons

would Lulu have for doing what she did?

Impression:

Reasons: