Neutral Tones - Quotes & Form

Question 1

“The smile on your mouth was the deadest thing”

Answer 1

1 - brutally dehumanising - oxymoron presents their relationship as emotionally lifeless - lack of emotion means no smile can be exhibited

2 - it implies something is lost and cannot be regained back - irrevocably lost - the smile is perhaps an emblem off the loss of their relationship itself- he cannot bear to see it like seeing a dead person

Question 2

point 2

Answer 2

sibilance - over tedious riddles years ago - malicious tone presented