Telephone Conversation

Q1. This poem is full of colours not just that of skin, what do you think these colours signify?
Each of the colours signify different things. The gold colour represents the fact that the landlady was rich. The red colour mentioned in the poem represents the anger that the speaker had toward s the landlady because some of things in the world have different colours, but they are still equal, however the speaker was being insulted because of his skin colour.

Q2. What does the dialogue in this poem reveal about these two characters?
The dialogue in the poem reveal the fact that the landlady disciminated the blacks and showed racism towards them. It also showed that the speaker was angered by the racism that was showed towards him.

Q3. The poet dramatises a battle, who wins and finally why?
At the end of the “battle”, the speaker wins. The lady kept asking what color was the different parts of his body. At last, the speaker insulted back the racist landlady asking her to see his bottom.