The Way My Mother Speaks

Question 1

Too blue swapped for a cool grey

Answer 1

Too blue=artificial happiness of childhood

Cool grey=fullness or threat of adulthood

Question 2

Nothing is silent nothing is not silent

Answer 2

Nothing represents her mother and how even when her mother isn’t present her words remain with her making it not silent

Question 3

I am homesick, free, in love

Answer 3

Homesick=yearning for comfort and security
Free=independent
In love=intense admiration and connection

Question 4

The way my mother speaks

Answer 4

Repetition, my mother is alliteration suggests closeness