Prescription

This task is about reading a poem and answering some questions about it.
Read Prescription (Choices, Can't a Person Have a Friend?, 1996) and answer the questions.

 

a)Apart from the pot pourri of frangipani, sandalwood, moso'oi, and gardenia what five other things does the writer want put in the parcel?

 
 i) _________________________ 
 
 
ii) _________________________ 
 
 
iii) _________________________ 
 
 
iv) _________________________ 
 
 
v) _________________________ 
 

b)Why does the speaker in the poem most probably want these things sent?

 
 
 
 
 

c) Why might the speaker in this poem want "a pocket of air" from the kitchen?

 
 
 
 
 

d) Why is "Prescription" a better choice for the title than "Parcel"?