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“Abou Ben Adhem”
by Leigh Hunt, page 32
Vocabulary
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1. What is the “it” of the poem’s fourth line?
2. In the second line of this poem, the words “deep,” “dream,” and “peace” rhyme. What is
the literary term for this repetition of interior vowel sounds within a short section?
3. In your own words, what question does Abou ask the angel in his room?
4. What is the angel’s reply to Abou’s question? How does Abou react?
5. Why do you believe, at the end of this poem, Abou’s name “led all the rest” on the list of
those who God had blest? What is Hunt trying to tell his reader by ending his poem this
way?
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