Jo's list- Homing

Question 1

What is the poem about

Answer 1

The poem is about a person reflecting on a friend who had to hide their black country dialect

Question 2

quote’ the ruler across your legs’

Answer 2

quote suggests how the person was physically forced to change and hide their accent- could focus on how ruler across legs was school punishment and how this hiding of their accent has been going on for a long time

Question 3

what themes is homing relevent to?

Answer 3

identity, migration

Question 4

What is the significance of quote quote ‘the box beneath the bed’

Answer 4

it is aliteration and shows how the narrators freind was hiding their dialiect in a special place that was impoant to her.

Question 5

what is the significance of the quote ‘thunking and clanging’

Answer 5

it’s onomatoepia and the poet is taking herself back to where she came from and highlighting the industrial past of the black country- linking identity to place