Question

Read the following lines from the poem and answer the questions in a sentence or two.

“The outer ice is melting Causing vapor from the force, ”

(a) Why is the outer ice melting?

(b) Why is the vapor spelt without an ‘u’?

Answer 1

(a) The outer ice is found around the comet and it is melting because it speeds past the sun.

(b) ‘Vapor’ is spelt without an ‘u’ since the poet Norman Littleford is an American.