Inside Outsider Flashcards
(23 cards)
Tone
Defiance and discrimination
Paradox
Metaphor
L1
Paradox meaning
Your home is where you should feel more comfortable
L2
Personification
Home is personified negative words show depth of turmoil and confusion
L3
Strangers believe they know her pain
L4
Metaphor
She compares their eyes to boxes ( square )
” smallness “
Small minded , not accepting of other view points
L5
Easier to ignore reality , as the truth hurts . Pretending to understand her pain makes her feel better about themselves
” woo “
Seduce
L6
The poet refuses to live in the box that society wants to put her in
” will not “
Defiant tone
L7
“ They are not my home. “
Defiant tone
L8
Metaphor
The poet lists 2 things that she knows feel like home
L9
Repetition of what home is
To emphasize that their reality is not hers
L10 and 11
When you know where you come from you can use it as a defence or mental weapon.
L12
Weary Tone
L13
Comparing people to define her to fires that burn her feet it is painful
L14
“ anointed “
Swear with oil as part of a religious ceremony to bless
L15
She wishes to be as certain of her origin and her home as some people are.
L16 and 17
The poet says that she will wander the Earth in search of her phone and her “ tribe “
Tribe
The people here make her feel at home , not the people who spread rumors about her land
L18 & L19
She will not stop until she finds her home. and if she needs be will build it by herself
“Shreds of boxes “
This refers that the boxes society wants to put her in . She will rip those ideas int threads
