ballad of birmingham
reader response by : kimberly ochoa
2. but baby where are you
these 5 words stand out to me because it shows how much the mom really cares about her son
3. she raced through the street of birmingham calling for her child
this line from the poem really stand out to me because it shows how her son really means to her
4. tone
the tone of the poem is sad it shows that how people back then treated other people on by how they looked
5. theme
in the poem the ballad of birmingham a boy wanted to go out and march the streets of birmingham to make his country free, the theme is rhyme because it has rhyme through out the whole poem