The Telephone Call Revision

Question 1

Who wrote The Telephone Call?

Answer 1

Fleur Adcock

Question 2

What are the three main ideas in The Telephone Call?

Answer 2

1. Mundanity: everyday things with a dark twist.
2. Greed: dream of getting rich coupled with irritation of a prank call.
3. Human fascination with luck

Question 3

What are two poetic techniques used in The Telephone Call with examples?

Answer 3

“floated off” “revolving” “flying saucer” - semantic field of aliens
No rhyme scheme (free verse) signifies how the poem is conversational and choppy as it is replicating a telephone call.