The power of poetry lies in suggestion and understatement. Discuss this with reference to the poem.
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Why do you think that the poet has chosen the title ‘Telephone Conversation’? If you were to suggest another title for the poem, what would it be?
Certain words in the poem are in capital letters — why?
You know what ‘hide-and-seek’ is. What would ‘hide-and-speak’ mean?
Which are the lines in the poem that impressed you the most and why?
. How is colour highlighted in the poem and why? List all the words in the poem that suggest colour.
here are intervals of silence in the interaction between the landlady and the prospective tenant. What are the reasons for this?
State the central issue in the poem.
Notice these expressions in the poem and guess their meaning from the context: