the work place the poet is at is being compared to a blank desert. a blank desert is hard survive without any help just like the work place the poet is in, longing for the help from his mother in bangladash

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'Whenever I think of you, I cannot reach you.' The repetition of you highlights that in his mind, he is always thinking about his family and feels very bitter that he cannot come back to Bangladesh to be together with his family and feels very homesick. Thus, the repetition highlights how much he misses his parents and his desire to return back.

the literary device used is a simile. "like a swallow, I am waiting" the simile is used to compare the writer to a swallow. swallow birds are often seen waiting in anticipation, typically for food from their parents. This means that the writer is eagerly waiting for his mother.

device: visual imagery

explanation: the visual imagery of a blank desert mentioned displays the torturous and bleak life the speaker experiences in Singapore. The blank desert highlights the emptiness he feels while in singapoire. the picture of him wandering shows how he feels lost and out of place walking on foreign land

literary device: enjambment

evidence: "Tears from the corner of my eyes/whenever i think of u/but cannot reach u"

explanation: The run-on sentences evokes empathy towards the poet as he misses his mother. The poet is desperate to go back to his mother and go home.

the poet feels homesick

literary device: simile

evidence: like a swallow

explanation: the poet misses home and is constantly waiting for his mother's call so that he can feel less homesick. he also misses his family members but cannot go back to Bangladesh as he has to earn money. "like a swallow" highlights that the poet is constantly waiting for a call from its family

visual imagery of being lost in an empty desert--> (desert--> hot and sunny like sg's weather), evokes feelings of loneliness, isolation and desperation to find a way out.

The speaker yearns to return home and go back to his family, he feels lost and isolated in a foreign country. He doesn't know anyone here, and is exhausted from working, he just wants to give up.

the writer is suggesting the uncomfortable weather in Singapore by using the metaphor" in the bottomless heat of this distant land, life burns towards its end." this shows how much the writer dislikes the weather and the longing for returning home. He tells his mother how much he doesn't like the weather and how hard it is to be a construction worker

Diction of "end" in "life burns towards its end"highlights how he dreads being in Singapore to the point that he thinks his life is ending here.His dislike for Singapore is evident in the hyperbole"bottomless"in"bottomless heat of this distant land

The speaker is homesick for his mother. The visual imagery, "whenever I think of you, but cannot reach you" underscores the speaker's longing to be with his family. The speaker feels sorrowful whenever he thinks of his mother because he misses her and wants to see her yet he cannot be with her. Him thinking of her represents his strong desire to meet her again, while him not being able to reach her suggests his despair and firustation.