Evidence 1: "breathe oil, steam"

Explanation 1: Indicates that the place is very oily and doesn't have fresh air.

Device 2: Visual imagery

Evidence 2: "Sweat; fire and smoke of orders"

Explanation 2: It highlights that the coffeeshop is very hot and stuffy.

Device 3: Visual imagery

Evidence 3: "Its floor could do a good scrub"

Explanation 3: underscores that the coffeeshop is dirty and needs a cleaning.

device:

visual imagery 'tongues out for quick thrills' shows that people are eager to eat the food at the coffee shop.

personification 'eyes that eat' the poet gives eyes the ability to eat, which implies that people at coffee shops often look at the pictures of the food they are going to buy while waiting in queue or looking at what others bought

'beating counter with right arm'

makes the readers visualise and picture the image of roti prata making

-metaphor

'pot bellied expert twirls with a dancer's stamina'

compares the roti prata man's moves to make prata with a dancer's stamina and moves

Device:

Metaphor

Evidence:

"In-betweens, the shop swells, a hot-air balloon"

Explain:

• the balloon part of hot-air balloons swell up due to hot air rising up from a fire underneath it --> the heat in the coffee shop is intense during peak hours, means there's a lot of customers so there's plenty of cooking thus causing the shop to get warmer

Device:

Visual imagery

Evidence:

"Plastic furniture pushes the shop's sides into the redbrick"

Explain:

• means that there is overcrowding inside the shop

• too many people --> some are forced outside because there's no space inside

• hence the shop sides are "pushed" into the redbrick --> shop expands outside because too little space to accommodate all customers inside

Visual imager

"The pot -bellied expert twirls

With a dancer's stamina."

-pot bellied means someone is fat

-fat means not fit

-however says how the stamina of the guy is good

-so the looks defy his true fitness

-he's an expert so he must be skilled at it and do it a lot and thus, maybe thts why his stamina is high when doing that cos he does it a lot???

'we breathe oil,steam,sweat;the fire and smoke of orders'

The people in the coffeeshop can smell different food cooking and can smell the sweat of the cooks which highlights that the cooks are working very hard to make the food.

Visual Imagery

'Its floor could do with a good scrub'

The diners in the coffeeshop notice the dirty floor which underscores that the floor is not very clean as the owners are all busy preparing the food.

- Intensifies the process of making Roti Prata, suggesting that it requires some level of skills

2. Visual imagery 'Fold' and 'Flops'

- Different steps and skills to make Roti Prata, highlighting the high level of accuracy and complexity needed

3. Visual imagery 'Black griddle'

- The large amount of space and equipment needed to make a simple Roti Prata, illustrating the amount of work, space and ingredients needed

Evidence: "Beating counter with right palm" "flops roti prata"

Explain:

• Beating gives sense of toughness

• Roughness

• delicate but strong dough

• nostalgic sounds of food being made in the open in a coffeeshop, sense of familiarity

• 'exposed' underscores the Coffee Shop's location, and the ease to spot it, hence stating that the shop is in an open location.

The poem uses auditory imagery ' to drum aluminium' and 'ceiling fans whirr' to portray the scene of the coffee shop.

• emphasizes the difference between a normal hawker centre and a coffee shop

The poet uses auditory imagery to express the feeling of cooking roti prata. this is evident in line 6 to 8 where the poet says," hands fly dough, again to drum aluminium. Ceiling fans whirr in this self-styled 'restaurant and bar". This expresses the joy and excitement of how roti prata is made and how the poet describes the way the coffeeshop looks old and vibey.