Question

To the doctor who treated the raped baby and felt such despair

The word ‘and’ is repeated at the beginning of seven different lines in the poem. Write a paragraph in which you account for this repetition and explain its effectiveness. You should identify and discuss short quotations from the poem to support your answer.

Answer 1

The speaker is trying to help the raped baby by treating and taking good care of the baby. The doctor knew, through diagnosis that the baby is raped and he felt that he must fulfill his duty as a doctor by taking good care of the baby.