Answer:
This phrase by Conley shows that white people do not bother about the implications of the privileges they get as 'whites' in the memoir "Honkey" by Dalton Conley.
Explanation:
Dalton Conley in this memoir describes how race and class shaped his life and how their are inequalities in American society. He shows the privileges of being white and the power of education.This story depicts how culture plays an important role when it comes to class and race. He grew up as a white boy of Bohemian parents in an African American neighborhood. Dalton surrounded by non whites made him realize the true meaning of being 'white' through his experiences.
If you think about theme and understand what it is then you read the paragraph or sentence that you are reading then you will know exactly the theme of the story.
I've been meaning to <em>ask you</em>
If that's not too <em>drastical</em>
wonder if it's <em>okay</em>
To pick you up by<em> eight</em>
The rhyme scheme of this poem is AABB. The rhyme in this poem is achieved by the pronounciation and stress put into "ask you"; stressing ASK and then stressing the first syllabe of "drastical" and this way the rhyme on the first two lines is completed. Then for the last two lines the rhyme is achieved and the whole stanza resolved by stressing "okAY" and then "Eight".
Meter:
The stanza's meter is trochaic tetrameter (4 trochees, 8 syllables)
<em>I</em><em>'ve</em> <em>been </em>| <em>meaning</em><em> </em>| <em>to</em> | ask you
if that's | not | too | drastical
wonder | if | it's | okay
To pick | you up | by | eight
This rhyme scheme and meter are most used by rap artist for it's impact and flexibility to create a rhyme. The stressed words are the ones that address the receiver of the message that is a proposition for a meeting or a date. This poem is fitting for the rap music genre, for it's pronounciation of key words (with a suburban accent) completes the rhyme in the second and third lines ("oKAY" and "DRAStical").
