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THE
TELEPHONE CAL
L
- FLEUR ADCOCK
MADE BY- TANISHA
STD- SECONDARY 4
SUBJECT- ENGLISH
About the poet
NEW ZEALAND IS THE PLACE OF FLEUR
ADCOCK'S BORN. BRITISH POET
RECOGNIZE FOR HER PEACEFUL
DOMESTIC LYRICS INTERCUT WITH
FLASHES OF RIDICULITY AND GLIMPSES
OF THE FANTASTIC AND THE MACABRE.
SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF TEN BOOKS OF
POETRY AND A COLLECTED EDITION OF
HER WORK. RECIPIENT OF A
CHOLMONDELEY AWARD IN 1976 AND A
NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN
1984, SHE WAS AWARDED AN OBE IN 1996.
They asked me ‘Are you sitting down? Relax, now, have a little cry;
We’ll give you a moment…’
Right? This is Universal Lotteries’, ‘Hang on!’ I said.
They said. ‘You’ve won the top prize, ‘I haven’t bought a lottery ticket
The Ultra-super Global Special. For years and years.
What would you do with a million pounds? And what did you say
The company’s called?’ They laughed again
Or, actually, with more than a million –
‘Not to worry about a ticket.
Not that it makes a lot of difference
We’re Universal. We operate
Once you’re a millionaire.’ And they laughed. A retrospective Chances Module.

‘Are you OK?’ they asked – ‘Still there? Nearly everyone’s bought a ticket
Come on, now, tell us, how does it feel?’ In some lottery or another,
I said ‘I just…I can’t believe it!’ Once at least. We buy up the files,
Poem They said ‘That’s what they all say.

What else? Go on, tell us about it.’
I said ‘I feel the top of my head
Feed the names into our computer,
And see who the lucky person is.’
‘Well, that’s incredible’ I said.
Has floated off, out through the window, ‘It’s marvelous. I still can’t quite…
Revolving like a flying saucer.’ I’ll believe it when I see the cheque.’

‘That’s unusual’ they said. ‘Go on.’ ‘Oh,’ they said, ‘there’s no cheque.’
I said ‘I’m finding it hard to talk. ‘But the money?’ ‘We don’t deal in money.
Experiences are what we deal in.
My throat’s gone dry, my nose is tingling.
You’ve had a great experience, right?
I think I’m going to sneeze – or cry.’
Exciting? Something you’ll remember?
‘That’s right’ they said, ‘don’t be ashamed That’s your prize. So congratulations
Of giving way to your emotions. From all of us at Universal.
It isn’t every day you hear Have a nice day!
You’re going to get a million pounds. ’ And the line went dead.
The humorous and condensed telephone conversation
in "The Telephone Call" by Fleur Adcock. The
"Universal Lotteries" company called the poet and
informed her that she was one of the lucky winners.
She was quickly on her way to becoming a
Summary
millionaire or double millionaire. Of course she was
thrilled. They also advised the poet to "give way to"
her "passion". She eventually came to the
conclusion that what they were discussing may be
false. She let them know when she would get the
check or the money for this reason. They responded
ironically that they didn't deal with money. They
traded in experiences, and "the connection fell
dead."
• Sarcasm-“Or, actually, with more than
a million –”
• Irony- "Not that it makes a lot of
difference"
Literary • Metaphor-“top of my head”
Devices • Simile-'Revolving like a flying saucer’
• Personification-“We buy up the files,/
feed the names into our computer”
• Synecdoche-"And the line went dead"
• The poem "The Telephone Call" by Fleur Adcock has six stanzas,
each with eight lines. The dialogue between the poet and the lottery
business drives the flow of the poem. The poem hints that she
received no reward at all. Simply mocking her naivety, they were.
The news must have made its way into her subconscious mind
since it roused the whiny, irate kid she knew as greed dossing in her
heart. She was challenged in her self-control by the corporate
representative, who pushed her to succumb to her feelings. The
poet was given a description of the procedure in the part after that.
Analysis
The corporation described in the poem purchased the old files from
other lotteries and inserted the information for a lucky draw in their
computer. The winner of the draw was the poet. The goal of the
reward was to demonstrate how experiences are more valuable than
money. She would never forget that reward since it was hers. They
then complimented the poet before ending the call.
• Fleur Adcock's postmodern poetry "The
Telephone Call" explores the impact that a phone
call has on people's feelings. The lottery
employee only served as a catalyst. Additionally,
Background
the poet's own selfishness really tricked her
senses. In addition, Adcock illustrates how
fascinated people are with luck in this poem.
Bibliography
• https://poemanalysis.com/fleur-adcock/the-telephone-call/
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fleur-Adcock

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Poem They said ‘That’s what they all say.

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