Stanza 1. - b.)

Question 1

“This morning”

Answer 1

1.) - SUGGESTION:
➡ life outside of work
↳ rarely considered ❌
➜ domestic life is unimportant to him 🙄

Question 2

“See you babe”

Answer 2

1.) - SUGGESTION:
➡ throwaway & unemotional comment
↳ devoid of real meaning 📝
➜ routine & expressionless

Question 3

“wife”

Answer 3

1.) - SUGGESTION:
➡ family considered
➜ humanises him 💖

Question 4

“he hoped it,”

Answer 4

1.) - ENJAMBMENT:
➡ to highlight:
↳ importance of the statement
➜ is assuring his character 👮

➡ shows his job has:
↳ reduced him to a violent character 😡

Question 5

“he truly hoped it”

Answer 5

1.) - REPETITION:
➡ “he hoped it, he truly hoped it”
➡ highlights:
↳ underlying vulnerability 😨
(hides from his wife)
➜ shows how desperately he wants to see her again ❤️

2.) - ADVERB:
➡ “truly”
↳ intensifies his feelings 💣
➜ removes his cliched idea 💡

Question 6

“He is a gorilla”

Answer 6

1.) - SIMILE (Line 1.) to METAPHOR (Line 8.):
     ➡ hardens the cop's image of being:
         ↳ - brutal 🏃
            - tough 💪
            - heartless 💔

 ➡ out with home
      ↳ he's invincible 🛡️
            ➜ contrast to follow 🔃

Question 7

"”Hiya, honey” is no cliché”

Answer 7

1.) - CONTRAST:
➡ sudden and surprising contrast with earlier “See you babe”
↳ makes us abruptly aware of his exposure to danger 💥
➜ he values his wife & doesn’t take her for granted ❤️