Situation and central contrast
Situation and central contrast
In “Baby Song”, a newborn speaker protests being moved from the womb into the outside world. The dramatic situation is comic because the infant speaks with impossible adult intelligence, but the complaint expresses a serious fear of losing complete security.
Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.3.9 Baby Song by Thom Gunn. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.