from the journal of a disappointed man

Question 1

‘I’ (beginning of poem)
ends with ‘me’

Answer 1

condescending tone
makes poem abt himself
patronising

Question 2

title- from the journal of a disappointed man

Answer 2

feels he has the right to cast his ‘intellectual’ judgement on ppl that re working as a tea,

Question 3

very ruminative ans silent men ignoring me

Answer 3

not reliable narrator account bc tinged by insecurity
men r doing heavy machinery so r unable to speak
shows speaker’s arrogance

Question 4

” ‘let go’ … ‘hold tight’ “

Answer 4

assumes they have no intellect when it’s probs just easier to talk like tht- classist view+ class prejudice-> sterotyping working class as uneducated

Question 5

Nethertheless by paying close attention

Answer 5

ironic- judges intellect but doesn’t even know what they r doing

Question 6

‘slow efforts’

Answer 6

class prejudice
idea poor was poor bc they were idle and chose not to fight their situation and remain lazy

Question 7

he had been chewing on tobacco

Answer 7

criticises him for this but it was the upper-class who had tobacco bc they used slaves to imporrt it to country

Question 8

structure

Answer 8

consistent free verse- working as a team and don’t have time to work to a script do the most efefctive way
no rhyme show they r thinking

Question 9

caesura

Answer 9

constant use of caesura- everyone follows 0rders of leader + dicipline required when doing certain jobs
2 certain order to this work that outsiders do not understand