How are the narrator's attempts to bargain with the phone by dusting and polishing it treated?
Humourlessly
With contempt
Ironically
'Which word does Kay use for its double meaning?
Case
Waiting
Long
Which narrative perspective does ‘Dusting the Phone’ take?
First person
Second person
Third person
What role does the reader play in this poem?
The narrator
The absent lover
The postman
How could you describe the structure of ‘Dusting the Phone’?
Rhyming couplets with a regular 4-beat rhythm
3-line rhymed stanzas with no clear rhythmic pattern
3-line unrhymed stanzas with no clear rhythmic pattern
What kind of question does Kay use in the line 'In which case, who would ring me to tell? Nobody knows.'?
Inferential
Rhetorical
Leading
Kay uses exaggeration to show how ridiculous the speaker's actions are. Which figure of speech does she use?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Litotes