Poem At 39

Question 1

How I miss my father

Answer 1

Immediately sets the tone of nostaliga and sadness through use of a short sentence

Question 2

So tired

Answer 2

Ambiguous word- could be referring to the fact that he was an old ill man, or to the fact that he was a single parent working more than one job

Question 3

Writing deposit slips and checks I think of him

Answer 3

Shows he was working lots

Money was important to their family

Question 4

‘Bits of paper’

Answer 4

A metaphor for money- gave him freedom of his poor life and poverty

Question 5

How I miss my father rep

Answer 5

Repetition emphasises point and shows change in mood

Question 6

Telling the truth did not always mean a beating

Answer 6

People used to hit their children

Easier to lie than to tell the truth

Question 7

He cooked like a dancing person in a yoga meditation

Answer 7

Similie and oxymoron

Captures the essecnse of her father and describes a fond memory of him to contrast from the heavy, serious beginning

Question 8

Now I look and cook just like him

Answer 8

Metaphor for the fact that she’s learnt from him and his ways

Question 9

Seasonsing none of my life the same way twice

Answer 9

Metaphor
Always keeping her life interesting and fun like her father
Is honouring him by describing him admirably

Question 10

He would have grown to admire the woman I’ve become

Answer 10

Still looking for acceptance

Question 11

Relates to

Answer 11

Piano

Question 12

Though many of my truths must have grieved him before the end

Answer 12

She told him the truth and he didn’t like it

Question 13

He must have said

Answer 13

Uncertain placing a memory on there

Question 14

Enjambament

Answer 14

Shows flow of thoughts and memories