My Father Would Not Show Us

Question 1

“five days dead

is organised for me to see”

Answer 1

Kok exemplifies that some efforts have been made to make the speakers dead father presentable, but it is no matter, he is still only a remnant of the man the speaker knew and loved.

Question 2

“It’s cold in here”

Answer 2

Kok sets an ominous tone through the surroundings of the speaker to reflect the speakers ominous emotions, just as the room is physically cold, the speaker is emotionally cold and grieving.

Question 3

“He hid, he hid away”

Answer 3

Kok’s repetition of the past tense verb “hid” to imply that the speaker watched there father slowly drift away from the former man he used to be.

Question 4

“My father could not show us how to die”

Answer 4

Kok implies that the speaker feels lost without their father and still seeks the guidance of a parent eventhough they have lost them.