question_answer 3)

How is colour highlighted in the poem and why? List all the words in the poem that suggest colour.

Answer:

The various colours highlighted in the poem exemplify the difference between the landlady and the poet, based on the skin-colour of both. The use of the colour red is magnified to explain the various things which are red in colour like the telephone booth, the double-tiered bus and the pillar-box. It explains the colour of the dark-skinned poet who was not fair-complexioned like the landlady on the other side of the line. The expression 'gold-rolled' shows the elite class to which the 'fair-skinned' people are said to belong.   Various colours which are used in the poem are: - Red, Black, Gold, milk chocolate, brunette and blonde.