1)This poem is full of colours no just that of skin, what do you think these colours signify?
One of the colours mentioned in the poem is the colour gold. The gold generally meant that the persona had some wealth as it is believed that gold was for the wealthy people as only they could afford it. The next colour is brunette. Its not really a colour but people with brown-coloured hair. I think it is for the landlord to make herself feel more at ease as I think she prefers brunettes to Africans.
2) What does the dialogue in this poem reveal about the two characters?
This poem reveals the two characters other side of their personality. This is because the landlord, whose skin colour is white, looks down on the persona, whose skin colour is totally different, dark brown, or West African sepia. The persona on the other hand, feels very awkward about talking about her own skin colour.
3) The poet dramatises a battle, who wins finally and why?
The landlord is curious to how dark the skin colour of the African lady is and keeps asking and asking. However, the African lady tries again and again to not answer directly to the landlord. This make the landlord impatient and wants to hang up. So the African lady had no choice but to give in and thus resulting in the landlord being the winner of this ‘battle’.
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