homing

• context

  2010 / Liz Berry

  context - from black county / accent is mocked + associated w/ working class

  themes - identity / language / belonging / memory / heritage / power

  links - like an heiress / England in 1819
• "for years you kept your accent / in a box beneath the bed "

  mp - speaker acknowledges those hiding their voice + want to escape judgement

  metaphor "box beneath the bed" - symbolise supression + hiding it as a shameful thing, so no one will find it / shows how pride + identity has changed

  enjambment - pause shows accent has been gone for a long time + build suspense

  concrete noun "box" - contained / secret / hidden out of pride
• "vowels as ferrous as nails"

  mp - describe strength of her accent

  simile - vowels + nails suggest hardness / industrial / enduring / forged like metal

  adjective "ferrous" - scientific term linking to iron / links to industrial heritage + brings power to accent

  plosive - mimic clash of nails + connect to labour and working class strength
• "send you words like pigeons/ fluttering home"

  mp - encourage someone to return to true voice

  simile - pigeons are familiar loyal and return

  dynamic verb "fluttering" - gentle / freedom / no longer hidden

  abstract noun "home" - not jut physical place, where speaker belongs, comfort