the right word

• How does the word lurking create an ominous atmosfeer 


  lurking Is a word associated with thieves or criminals it creates this atmosphere because the reader doesn't know the outsiders intentions or why he is outside
• purpose of rhetorical question in line 4

  poet asks herself if she described him correctly poet asks herself if she described him correctly, shows poet is unsure of her description of the person
• what is it that the poet hasn't got right in line 8 


  she has described the person incorrectly again and feels he isn't a terrorist nor a freedom fighter
• word outside is used 7 times in the first 7 stanzas in the last 2 stanzas the word in is used what does this show about the poets thinking

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  movement from outside to in shows what happened literally as the person outside came inside the house shows the change In poets figurative thinking and how she saw him and integrated him into hr own home and even thinking of him as looking like her son
• why does this child remove his shoes ? what does it symbolise

  child removes shoes as a sign of respect and humility and since author is Muslim its culture for them not to wear outside shoes outside
• context of what was happening at the time 


  9/11 opps hating on Muslims cuz of ander mense