touch

Question 1

stanza 1

Answer 1

• lack of affection and compassion
• slow rhythm : suggests a desire for gentleness to savour
• isolated
• senses are deadened
• repetition : attitude of yearning
• wistful mood

Question 2

stanza 2

Answer 2

• years in prison
• not touched with care
• perceived as a pariah(outcast) in society
• white male untouchable
• disconnected
• negative connotations
• contrast in different types of touch, positive and negative
• melancholic mood
• lack of punctuation : unending prison time
• matter of fact tone

Question 3

stanza 3 and 4

Answer 3

• touched negatively
• colon : explanation
• aggressive brutality
• out of control
• synecdoche : fists represent the warder
• desperate to avoid touch
• transferred epithet : fists are not mad, warders are
• faster rhythm : forcefulness
• monosyllabic words
• anguished tone

Question 4

stanza 5

Answer 4

• invasive hands, harsh
• dehumanization
• repetition : no escape
• dashes : explain
• alliteration : invasiveness, guards pleasure
• emotive language : submission
• slower rhythm : deliberate, procedure
• enjambment : unending
• resigned tone

Question 5

stanza 6

Answer 5

• repetition : yearning attitude
• repetition : necessary
• imploring tone

Question 6

form

Answer 6

• free verse

- contradictory to situation

Question 7

sturcture

Answer 7

• enjambment : time passing slowly

- indentation : distance of the touch