Golden Mother- 2E 2025 by Esther J

Identify 1 literary device , quote the evidence and explain the evidence for each stanza. There are 5 stanzas. Find 1 per stanza.

esther_jaichandar — 2025-07-23 04:47:41 UTC

Q1: What are your impressions of the speaker in the poem Golden Mother? Write 1 PEEAL paragraph with 2 evidences

esther_jaichandar — 2025-07-23 04:49:01 UTC

Q2:How does the poet convey his feelings so powerfully to you in the poem? Write 1 PEEAL Paragraph with 2 evidences.

esther_jaichandar — 2025-07-23 04:51:00 UTC

Q2 How does the poet convey his feelings so powerfully to you in the poem?

wheeeeee — 2025-07-30 06:12:43 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness. He is lonely, sad and misses home as shown in the poem. The repetition of the word "mother" in Stanza one "Mother, o mother" and "I'm not myself anymore, mother" displays his longing for his mother and shows how his separation from his family affects him. This is because a mother is a source of love, comfort and emotional support, giving the child the feeling of safety and security, also giving the child the feeling of being free from pain and distress. The simile in stanza five "like a swallow" where the poet is comparing himself to a swallow displays his desire to be free, like a bird. This also shows the idea of migration, which conveys his feeling of homesickness. Thus, the poet shows his longing to go home.

q2

darren_ngan — 2025-07-30 06:12:44 UTC

darren - The poet conveys his homesickness by highlighting his longing to be with his mother and to go back to his home. The poet uses the visual imagery of "Tears from the corner of my eyes", suggesting his sadness from being far apart from his mother and highlighting how much he misses and longs to be with her mother. This also indicates how his mother is a form of emotional support to the poet and that the poet loves his mother deeply. The poet also uses the auditory imagery of "Call me khoka, just once" to emphasise his longing for his mother's affection and love to be called a pet name by her mother, illustrating the poet's homesickness as he misses his mother's words of affection. Therefore, the poet is able to convey his longing to be home with his mother through visual and auditory imagery.

matilda 2E

matilda_tai_si_yun — 2025-07-30 06:17:33 UTC

qn 2

the poet conveys his feelings by showing how socially isolated he is as a migrant worker. "nobody looks at me" the diction of "nobody" means he is ignored by people and people thinks he is invisible, as he is a migrant worker and nobody really cares about them, often taking them for granted, having no empathy for them. additionally, he is also often isolated and ostracized because of various reasons like racial differences, ethnical differences and sometimes even language barriers. this causes readers to empathise with him, knowing what he has to go through being so far away from home and being really homesick, but he cannot go home as he has to earn money for his family, who went into debt just so that they could send him to Singapore to work. the metaphor of "life burns towards its end" shows how burnt out he is working as a migrant worker, showing how physically, mentally and emotionally demanding it is to work in a foreign country that is so far away from home and often feeling lonely, with no one to talk to and be his emotional support. this evokes sympathy for migrant workers, and to let readers know that it is not easy working in a foreign land with no familiarity to its setting. hence, i feel that the poet conveys his feelings through sharing how socially isolated he is.

caylee_siew — 2025-07-30 06:21:13 UTC

Q1: The poet conveys his feeling of homesickness. He longs for his mother's affection and care in bangledesh. This is evident from the poem, " mother o, mother... im not myself anymore, mother." The literary device is repetition, repetition of "mother", emphasising the desire of his mother's affection, comfort and emotional support, thus he is homesick and misses his mother. he also says " call me khoka, just once." the diction "khoka" means boy in his mother tongue language, missing his mother calling him khoka at home, highlighting the desire and longing to be home in bangledash with his family. Thus i feel that the poet conveys his feeling of longing for his home

2025-07-30 07:26:16 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings so powerfully in the poet by conveying his feeling of homesickness. The poet feels sad being parted from his mother and is homesick and lonely, and he wants to go back home. The poet uses a simile in "like a swallow", comparing himself to a bird. He is longing to be free, and like a bird, has an idea of "migration", to be able to finally go back to his hometown and meet his parents again. This thus conveys his feeling of homesickness, the longing of wanting to go back home. This sparks a sense of empathy to the readers, thinking about how hopeless he must feel as all he wants is freedom and to go back home. The poet also uses the diction of "khoka" in "call me khoka just once". Khoka means "boy" in the poet's mother tongue. This shows that the poet misses his mother, and wants his mother to call him his pet name once, to emphasize his mothers love and affection to him. This makes the readers feel sorry for him as all he wants is to hear his mother's voice calling him again. Hence, I feel that the poet conveys his feelings through sharing how homesick he is.

Jing Yi

poh_jing_yi — 2025-07-30 08:46:13 UTC

The poet conveys the feeling of being homesick by using the of repetition "mother" to reinforce how much the poet longs for his mother, who is far away. To him, his mother is a source of love, comfort and emotional support. He seeks his mother to find solace in her, wanting her to console him despite her being away from him. The poet also uses the simile "like a swallow", comparing himself to a bird that is weak, small and travels far from home, similar to how the poet is. This emphasises how he longs to be free from working in a foreign country, and wanting to return home. Hence, I can conclude that the poet conveys his feeling of yearning to go home so powerfully by using literary devices like repetition and simile.

Q2

siew_ern_ze — 2025-07-30 09:16:13 UTC

The poet conveys feelings of homesickness. The poet describes his time in Singapore as suffering and that he just wants to go back to his home country and go back to his mother. The poem shows how the poet misses his mother and longs to return her rather than suffer in the uncomfortable work environment somewhere very far from home. The poet uses hyperbole "In the bottomless heat of this distant land." to reinforce the extremely harsh working conditions that the poet is exposed to in somewhere very far from home. This gives the perception to the viewer that the poet really dislikes the working conditions that he is in while also being very far away from home and his family, which in this case is his mother. The poet also uses the metaphor "...life burns towards is end." to show how he is being drained of energy and life, losing the hope of ever being able to return and see his mother. This conveys how the poet really desires to just return home and see his family instead of suffering somewhere where he is probably not very familiar or comfortable with, while also being very far away from his family and his homeland in which he is the most comfortable and familiar with compared to foreign lands. This also shows that life and work in a foreign land is hard for the poet and that he is struggling to juggle both his work and his desire to return home to his family. Thus, this shows how the poet really conveys his feelings of homesickness through literary devices such as hyperbole and metaphors to show how he is struggling with work in a foreign land very far away from home, which is to him very unfamiliar and uncomfortable while also having a very strong desire to return home to his family where he is very comfortable and familiar with his surrondings.

Jessica

jessica_wong_cai_xuan — 2025-07-30 09:32:57 UTC

The poet conveys that he feels homesick as he is far away from the person who gave him comfort and love — his mother. The poem begins with a desperate cry, “Mother, O Mother, where are you?” showing that the speaker feels lost and broken without her presence. Living in a foreign land, as a migrant worker, he faces harsh conditions, which make him long for the warmth and care of home.

The evidence "like a swallow" is a simile that compares himself to a bird as he longs to be free. It also suggests that, like a swallow, he wants to return home because swallows are known to return to the same place every year. So this simile shows his feeling of homesickness and his desire to go back to his mother.

Another evidence is "o, mother" which is a repetition that means he is yearning for his mother. It shows strong feelings of sadness and longing. By saying it again and again, the speaker shows how much he misses his mother and how helpless he feels without her.

To link it up, the poem captures the homesickness of the speaker who had to leave their loved ones behind in search of a better life, but ended up feeling empty and alone.

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2025-07-30 09:46:51 UTC

Matthew

2025-07-30 12:06:14 UTC

The poet powerfully expresses his homesickness, yearning to return to Bangladesh. The repetition of "Mother, o mother." throughout the poem underscores her significance as a source of love and unwavering emotional support for the speaker, hence the speaker's longing for her. Furthermore, the visual imagery of "wandering the blank desert" shows that the desert was empty and there was nothing there that was of significance towards the poet and no one to give him that support that he needs. His use of language describing "like a swallow". The simile comparing himself to a bird underlines that his mother's call makes him have the freedom to fly from his troubles, even with the idea of migration to return back to Bangladesh. the diction of "khoka" in the poem emphasises that he longs for affection and that it is a personal name towards him , making him feel loved. The ending phrase "o mother" further underlines his longing to go home to his mother, showing the homesickness that he has. Thus, I feel that he is homesick.

zachary 25

WHAMBAMHERECOMESALSTON — 2025-07-30 15:03:20 UTC

the poet conveys his feelings so powerfully to me by showing how homesick and alone he feeling working as a migrant worker in Singapore, far away from his hometown. The poet conveys his sadness of being separated from his mother, longing to be back home. Thus, the poet uses the simile "like a swallow", showing that the poet is wanting to be free from working in a distant land and go back home to see his family, to meet his parents. the diction of the word "nobody" in "nobody looks at me" shows how ignored and shunned he feels by people and since he is a migrant worker, no one cares about him and just ignores him. This allows the readers to empathise with the poet as he feels hopeless and homesick in a distant land where he has no one to turn to. Thus, I feel that the poet conveyed his feelings through sharing how homesick and lonely he feels.

emma yeow

2025-07-31 07:31:48 UTC

The poet conveys that he feels homesick. he misses his mother's affection and emotional support. this is evident in the repetition of "mother" in "mother, o mother", which illustrates his longing for her and the desire to be at home. It is also evident in the simile "like a swallow" which shows him comparing himself to a bird as he longs to be free. He also entertains the idea of migration. Therefore, I think that the poet conveyed his feelings through his longing for home.

shizhong

lim_shi_zhong — 2025-08-01 01:12:34 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness. The poet longs to return home to visit his mother who is a source of love for him. The repetition of the word "mother" throughout the poem, including the start and end of the poem, explains how the poets mother gives him a sense of love and comfort. His mother provides him emotional support which he is longing and lacking now that he is away from home. The simile "like a swallow" is a comparison between the poet and a bird which explains that he longs to be free from his current work. He wants to convey the idea of migration back home where he could be with his mother and his family. In conclusion, the poet uses repetition and simile to express his longing to return home.

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Jiaze (32)

shen_jiaze — 2025-08-02 01:35:32 UTC

The poet conveys his feeling of homesickness. The poet does not enjoy his time in Singapore and longs to return to his hometown, Bangladesh. The poet uses the repetition " Mother, o mother." in the poem. This emphasizes the love and emotional support of the poet's mother, thus the poet was calling out to her mother, wanting to return to his hometown and be by her side. The poet uses the simile " like a swallow", comparing himself to a bird, which represents freedom, telling us that the poet wanted to be free from this place, to escape back into his hometown and reunite with his family. This makes the reader emphasize with him, knowing how distressed people may be when separated from their loved ones over such a long distance. The diction " nobody" shows that the poet is ignored by the others, and excluded out of their society, and that no one is here to care and provide support for him. This further emphasizes that the poet does not wish to stay at a place with no warmth and affection any longer, and has a strong desire to return back to his hometown, where he will receive much love from his family. This spark a sense of sadness within the readers, seeing that the poet is left out by the others while still trying to make a living. Thus, I felt that the poet conveyed the feeling of homesick strongly

Joie Yeong

yeong_ze_ee — 2025-08-02 05:49:20 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings by conveying his homesickness. The poet is lonely in Singapore, and longs for his parents back home in Bangladesh. The diction of "khoka", when the poet asked his mother to "Call me khoka, just once", a term of endearment and longing for affection, emphasizes the poet's wish for the slightest sign of familiarity from home, and connection to his mother. This evokes a sense of sympathy and pity in the readers, further highlighting his predicament of being homesick. The poet also uses a visual imagery of "Tears from the corner of my eyes", which emphasizes the migrant worker's sadness, despair and helplessness, which makes him cry. He cries for his mother, who is back home in Bangladesh, showing his desire to meet his mother and go back home. Therefore, I can conclude that the poet is unhappy being in Singapore, and misses his mother greatly. He longs to go back to Bangladesh, where he will no longer feel sad and homesick.

Cara Lee

caraaaa — 2025-08-05 06:03:09 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings of homesickness. He longs to be home back in Bangladesh with his mother. The diction of "khoka" in "call me khoka, just once" highlights how he longs to be called "boy" by his parents and be loved and adored like the young boy he once was. This causes readers to feel sympathetic and pity the poet. The author also used the visual imagery of "nobody looks at me" conveying how no one pays attention to him and he misses the affection his mother once showered him with. Although people do see the poet physically, they look past his emotional state. This reinforces the longing for the recognition, care and concern that used to come effortlessly when at home. Hence, I feel that the poet conveys his feelings of yearning to be home.

jing jing

goh_jing_jing1 — 2025-08-05 06:11:40 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness throughout the poem. In the poem, he talks about how he longs for his mother and misses home. The poet uses the repetition of "mother" to show how much he misses his mother and longs for her as he is in a place far away from home. His mother is his source of love, comfort and emotional support which the speaker misses from his mother. The poet also uses the simile, "like a swallow", comparing himself to a swallow, which is a bird as he wishes to be free and able to migrate as well as show his longing for his mother and home. This emphasizes how homesick the speaker is. Therefore, the poet conveys his feeling of homesickness and how much he misses his mother through the poem.

Q2: Kiernan

seck_zhe_kai_kiernan1 — 2025-08-05 09:36:51 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness. He does not like it here in Singapore and longs to be free of this place that he deems foreign and not homely. Firstlly, he uses repetition, " mother". Mothers are a sense of emotional support and a humans natural response when faced with difficulty or challenges. His constant need for his mother shows that he misses home and his mother as mothers are normally associated with home as well as love and comfort. Thus, this shows his need for home in Bangeladesh and not in Singapore. Secondly, the writer uses similie, "like a swallow". This shows how much he longs to be free and go back to his mother. The diction of "khoka" in the poem emphasises that he longs for affection and that it is a personal name towards him , making him feel loved. The ending phrase "o mother" further underlines his longing to go home to his mother, showing the homesickness that he has. Thus, I feel that he is homesick.

Fu Cezhen (23)

fu_cezhen — 2025-08-05 13:13:08 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness powerfully. He desire for his mother's love is shown in the poem "Mother, o mother, where are you? I’m not myself anymore, mother," This repetition of the word "mother" reinforces the idea of the poet's longing for his mother's affection and emotional support. It is also shown in the phrase "Call me khoka, just once" The diction "khoka" means boy in the poet's mother tongue, emphasizing the poet's desire to go back home to Bangladesh. Therefore, i feel that the poet conveys his homesickness in a very powerful way.

Jia-En

chan_jiaen — 2025-08-05 14:10:26 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness in the poem as the poem has many emotions of him longing to return to his country. He uses repetition in the word "mother" in stanza one. This highlights that his mother is his source of love, comfort and emotional support. This emphasises that he misses his mother as he is in a foreign country and there is no one to support him. By repeating the word “mother,” the poet also shows how much he clings to the idea of home and family even while being far away. It suggests that the bond with his mother is so strong that it is what he thinks about the most in his loneliness.He also uses diction in the word "khoka" in stanza five. This is a sweet word meaning “little boy,” often used by mothers. It shows that the poet misses being loved and cared for like a child. Even though he is grown up, he still wants that comfort and safety. The word makes us feel how lonely he is in a foreign country. It also shows that he’s not just missing his country, but the people and love that made it feel like home. Using a word from his own language reminds us how far he is from everything familiar, further highlighting his homesickness.

claire

ang_xin_yi_claire — 2025-08-05 14:14:52 UTC

The poet conveys his homesickness. He uses hyperbole to describe his current surroundings by saying, “In the bottomless heat of this distant land, life burns towards its end.” this creates a sense of overwhelming discomfort and endless suffering. The poet exaggerates the intensity of the heat and suffering to show how unbearable and endless his situation feels. This shows how far he feels from the comfort and safety of home, and how the foreign land feels almost unbearable without the presence of his mother. The poet uses repetition in "Mother, o mother" The repetition of the word “mother” highlights the speaker’s desperation and emotional longing. By calling out to her twice, the poet emphasises how lost and alone he feels, and how much he craves the comfort of his mother’s presence. This repeated cry is not just a question, but a deep emotional plea. He is searching not only for his mother, but for the feeling of home and safety that she represents. Through the use of hyperbole and repetition, the poet effectively expresses the heavy emotional burden of homesickness and the desire to return to a place of love and belonging.

alston

alston_tay_wen_hao — 2025-08-05 23:23:47 UTC

q2:

the poet conveys his feelings by showing his homesickness. the diction in "khoka" shows his endearment and longing for affection, wanting to be with his mother, highlighting his desperation. "khoka" is a personal name to him, making him feel loved, emphasising his longing for affection and how much he wants to go home to his mother. The poet uses a simile "like a swallow". He compares himself to a bird, longing to be free, to go back to his hometown and meet his mother. He wants to be like a bird and "fly" to his mother, showing how homesick he is, how much he wants to go home and see his mother. This allows the readers to know how hopeless and desperate he feels in his tough working conditions, when all he wants is the freedom to go home and see his mother again. Thus, I think that he is homesick.

2025-08-05 23:34:48 UTC

The poet strongly conveys his feelings of homesickness. He uses the repetition of "mother" to emphasise how he greatly misses and longs for the source of love, comfort and emotional support from his mother. It also shows that he longs to go home and be with the people he loves, one of them being his mother. He also uses the diction "khoka" which means "boy" in his native language Bengali. It highlights the way his mother used to call him by a term of endearment and how since moving to Singapore, as a migrant worker, he has yet to hear it for a long time. This emphasises his longing to be home and to experience the love and affection from his mother once again. Therefore, I can conclude that the poet feels a great sense of homesickness and longs to return home to his country and family.

HSIEN YI ( 34) 2E

sung_hsien_yi — 2025-08-05 23:41:17 UTC

QN 2

The poet conveys his homesickness . He is very sad and he is isolated from his family causing him to feel very lonely as he longs to be with his mother back at his hometown . The diction '' nobody '' indicates that he is ignored and he is like invisible in this world as being a migrant worker has a lower standing compared to commoners , and has no empathy towards them . The metaphor '' uncountable pain , wails by the thousands '' shows that the poet is going through a lot if pain as a migrant worker and he lets out the pain in cries and weeps , but he is still trying to wistand the pain for as long as he is a moigrant worker .

Glynnis

glynnis_wee_ju_zi — 2025-08-06 00:30:19 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings of homesickness. The poet feels sad for being apart from his mother for so long, he feels homesick and lonely and wants to return home. The poet uses the simile 'like a swallow bird' to compare himself as a bird longing to be able to roam freely. The poet also uses the diction 'khoka', which means boy in the poet's mother tongue language. He longs for his mother to call him 'khoka' as a pet name to emphasise his mother's love and affection for him. This makes the readers feel extremely sad and sorry for the poet as all he wants is to feel his mothers love for him again. Hence I feel like the poet conveys his feelings through sharing how homesick he is.

yiau_dee_jie_ruth — 2025-08-06 00:30:42 UTC

The poet conveys that he feels homesick as a migrant worker working in a different country away from his hometown and family. The poet describes his time in Singapore as suffering and he wants to return to his home country and be reunited with his mother. The poet shows how he misses his mother and longs to return to her rather than to suffer in these horrible and uncomfortable working environment which is very far from his home country. The poet uses repetition of "mother" to highlight how greatly he misses and longs for her source of love, comfort and emotion support. This also shows that he is longing to go home and to be with his loved ones which one of them is his mother. The port also uses hyperbole " In the bottomless heart of this distant land" to emphasise the extremely harsh working conditions he is exposed to that is very far from home. This thus gives the perception to readers that he really dislikes the working conditions that he is in while also being away from home and family.

Q2:How does the poet convey his feelings so powerfully to you in the poem? Write 1 PEEAL Paragraph with 2 evidence.

2025-08-06 00:50:04 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings so powerfully by his homesickness wanting to go back to Bangladesh. He wants to go home and visit his mother as he misses them a lot but he is stuck and is misersble in Singapore. The repetition of "Mother, o mother." The repetition the poet uses shows how he longs to go home to visit his mother that he misses dearly. The visual imagery "like a swallow," it shows how much the poet wants to migrate home as the birds swallow migrates the warmer places when it gets cold. The cold is the miserable and loneliness in Singapore and wanting to go back to his home and his mother's warm arms. So, I can conclude that the poet wants to go home as he misses his home and mother. The poet also does not like it in Singapore and is depressed.

Kingsley

2025-08-06 04:28:28 UTC

The poet expresses his sense of homesickness by showing his deep desire to be with his mother and return home. Through the use of visual imagery, such as "Tears from the corner of my eyes," the poet reveals the sadness he feels from being separated from his mother, emphasising how much he misses and longs for her presence. This also shows that his mother provides emotional comfort and that he holds great love for her. Additionally, the poet uses auditory imagery in the line "Call me khoka, just once" to highlight his yearning for his mother's affection and the comfort of being called by a beloved nickname. These examples of visual and auditory imagery effectively communicate the poet's strong desire to be reunited with his mother and home.

Luke Tay

2025-08-06 04:29:41 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings of homesickness by expressing a strong longing to be with his mother and return home. Through visual imagery like "Tears from the corner of my eyes," he illustrates the sorrow caused by their separation, underscoring how deeply he misses her and craves her presence. This imagery also reflects the emotional comfort his mother provides and the deep love he feels for her. Furthermore, the use of auditory imagery in the line "Call me khoka, just once" emphasizes his desire to hear his mother's voice and feel the warmth of being called by a cherished nickname. Together, these sensory images powerfully capture the poet's intense longing to be reunited with his mother and his home.

Ruilin

2025-08-06 04:31:42 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings powerfully through visual imagery to express his pain and longing for his mother. When he says, "Uncountable pain, wails by the thousands, I weep alone mother. Nobody looks at me," we can see his homesickness and suffering in a foreign land, making the reader sympathise. Another strong visual imagery is "Wandering the blank desert, so tired, I can’t bear it, mother," shows his mental and physical exhaustion, comparing his experience to being lost and hopeless in a desert. These visual imagery help the reader feel the poet’s sorrow and yearning, conveying his feelings powerfully to the readers.

chern sze 8

2025-08-06 04:46:10 UTC

The speaker in Golden Mother comes across as lonely and very home sick, yearning for his mother’s comfort. This is shown when he says, “I’m not myself anymore, mother, come see how I live”, which reveals that being away from home has caused him to lose his sense of identity. The word “anymore” suggests a change from a happier past to his current suffering, emphasising the emotional toll of separation. His deep longing is further shown in “Call me khoka, just once”, reflects his desire to hear his mother’s affectionate voice again. This tender request highlights his vulnerability and childlike need for care. Through these expressions, the poet presents the speaker as emotionally fragile, isolated, and desperate for a connection with his mother, linking his personal pain to the longing for home and love

Calvin 2E

cheung_chun_kong — 2025-08-06 04:48:51 UTC

The poet conveys his feelings of homesickness to go back to his home country to see his family. The hyperbole of "in the bottomless heat of this distant land" reinforces the harsh working conditions he is exposed to and that the metaphor of "life burns towards its end" shows that he is being drained of all life and hope in Singapore and he just wants to go back to Bangladesh. He also uses repetition of the word "mother" as it is a source of love and emotional support to him and can comfort his through all the suffering. This further underlines his feelings of homesickness. He the simile "like a swallow" comparing himself to a bird which depicts his freedom to fly of the idea of migration. Lastly, he ends again with "mother" showing that he longs to go home to his mother. Hence, my reason that the peot conveys his feelings of homesickness.

Arissa

arissa_lui_yun_wen — 2025-08-06 04:51:16 UTC

qn2

The poet is trying to convey his feelings of homesickness he feels. The repetition of the word "mother" highlights that the speaker finds his mother as a source of love, comfort and support. He has a very strong connection with her and without her here with him, he feels isolated with no one to turn to to provide him with love and support. He longs to go back to his hometown to be with his mother again. Additionally, the diction "khoka" from " Call me khoka, just once, " emphasises that he misses the days when he was young, where the word "khoka" was an endearment for little boys and when his mother would call him that. He recollects those days and greatly misses the affection and the presence of his mother with him. He longs to go back to those days when he was still a child. Therefore, I feel like the poet is trying to convey his feelings of homesickness he feels away from his mother.