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Q1-Justify the little of the poem 'oh,I wish I'd Looked After me Teeth?

Q2-Describe the condition of the poet when she sits in a dentist chair?

Q3-why does the dentist say 'to amalgum'?

Q4-Men and Women did the brush hurty?Is she contended with it?

Q5-In your words describe your first visits to a dintist?Write how can you keep your teeth strong?

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Solutions:

1. This poem talks about the feeling of regret possessed by the poet. She seems to be suffering from tooth ache and had to undergo a treatment at the dentist's. She is undergoing so much pain during this process of amalgamation that now she wishes she had taken care of her teeth.

2. When she sits on a dentist's chair, she is very disturbed and undergoes a lot of pain. She is unwilling to bear the ache and wishes she had taken care of her teeth previously.

3. Amalgum is a word used to describe the fillings which the poet got filled inside her teeth, because they had become rotten because of consumption of a lot of lollies and candies.

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 Pam Ayers 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth' is a perfect example of her humorous quality and 'country bumpkin' accent. This poem talks about a child who ruined her teeth by eating too much sweets and candies and now regrets at having neglected them. The sense of realisation is evident in the child's tone when she admits that she should have looked after her teeth. She recollects all the time when she bought and consumed the innumerable toffees, candies and lollies which caused this disaster with her teeth.  At present, she is shown to regret and it pricks her conscience to think of the uncountable number of sherbet dabs and other harmful stuff which ruined her teeth. She considered it a waste of time, and not worthwhile brushing her teeth properly. The child says that every night she would flash the toothpaste to her parents. She did not brush her teeth by moving the brush up and down. All these caused cavities in the poet's teeth. However, present situation is such that the poetess feels regretful for her previous behaviour and understands the graveness of the situation to the utmost. She did not foresee the danger of neglecting her teeth because of which she now lay on the dentist's chair. She was the one who was responsible for paving way for the cavities to grow. If she knew she had to suffer so much she would have thrown away all the toffees and candies. She would have spent the money on something else. She hated fillings and injections and the fact that the dentist said she would need 2 fillings. Today, she has more fillings than teeth in her mouth. She is filled with despair at her present condition, laying helpless on the dentist's chair. The child's mother had false teeth which she used to put sometimes in a glass of water. The girl now recollects and realises the graveness of the situation. It is ironical that she used to make fun of her mother's teeth and now she is herself the sufferer. In other words, the child poet has realised that very soon she too will have false teeth because, the natural ones would have all decayed and gone. So, the child poet regrets that she should have looked after her teeth.

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Q 2. She hated fillings and injections and the fact that the dentist said she would need 2 fillings. Today, she has more fillings than teeth in her mouth. She is filled with despair at her present condition, laying helpless on the dentist's chair. 

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 Q 1. In this poem , the poet wants to convey that children should inculcate in themselves a good sense of dental hygiene. She regrets that she harmed her teeth by neglecting their care . Due to the neglect of her teeth , she developed many cavities beneath her teeth. It happened because she had been eating a lot  of toffees and sweet sticky food .Now she realizes that she should not have eaten sweets and hard candies . She feels guilty that she had been eating lollies, candies and tiny sweets . Her conscience pricks her because she had been eating a wrong food. The poet regrets that she did not brush her teeth properly . She did not brush her teeth by moving brush up and down . She did not consider it worthwile to sprend some time in cleaning her teeth . As a  result , the poet had to go to the dentist for treatment.

Then she had to get painful injections and bear the pain of the dentist's drill.The false teeth of her mother beckoned to her to be careful otherwise she, too, would have to get false teeth . In fact, the poet wants to send a message to the children to look after their teeth. 

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