Papa-T

Question 1

Quotation-“All eyes on our sweet seasalter, for that last line sound.”

Answer 1

Sibilance creates a gentle mood shift from the previous lines of war and harm, as the sound ‘s’ in repetition creates a more relaxed and calming tone, due to the intonation from the speech.

Question 2

“I goin ge yu a good lickin an sen yu to bed”

Answer 2

Use of guyanese patois shows that D’Aguiar is well informed of his guyanese identity through his family and surroundings, and did not let his British identity flush out and ‘conflict’ his Guyanese identity

Question 3

“These days the perfect-lined face of a blank page”

Answer 3

Positive personification of a blank page conveys his likeness to poetry and how he finds an abode in writing, away from his conflicted past.