the deliverer

Question 1

structure

Answer 1

temporal shifts and location shifts = the dissolution of family and simultaneous growth of a global village of children adopted across continents

Question 2

stanza 1: “cripple or dark or girls”

Answer 2

triadic structure
aesthetic objectification deemed not sustainable
the verb crippled highlights the context of abandoned babies due to extreme poverty and political pressures

Question 3

stanza 3: “dug up by a dog”

Answer 3

plosives = shocking brutal horror
rigidity of the caste system - poverty

Question 4

second section stanza 1 and 2: “The parents… they haven’t seen or touched her yet”

Answer 4

• the cynicism, saviour, naivety and ignorance of western liberalism and Americans
• difficulty and strange tone of lack of maternal bonds and senses - clinical detachment antithesis of parenthood

Question 5

stanza 4; ‘grown up on video tapes.. twilight corners’

Answer 5

critical tone established of speaker - duplicity critiqued - lack of judgement and little description encourages reader to make own moral judgment
‘twilight corners’ - secrecy of her traditional roots americanized

Question 6

stanza 6 and 8: ‘squeeze.. watch body slither out from body… trudge home to lie down for their men again’

Answer 6

complete objectification and dehumanisation lack of identity
sibilance = dehumanised and animalistic, tone of disgust and horror, lack of maternal bond removes western romanticisation
stanza 8 - ominous recognition of the cycle of abuse with identity completely removed = not broken despite atrocities. monotony