1. The speaker is most likely a common man living in a town in Victoria. The fact I understand from the text is that, the speaker is a patriotic person. He is so sad about the destruction caused after, probably a war.
2. In my Opinion, this poem is trying to give a vivid picture of a place after a war, probably.
3. The speaker's tone towards the city is a pity as well as a humorous tone. His reference "Here are broken fingerbones of clay pipes" is a pitiful statement and his words "and mud is thick as meat".
4. I think the poem literally comes between the year 1990 - 1999. This is proved when he refers "air sweet as rust" as there were wars during that time in major parts of Asia.
5. The words mud is thick as meat, seed stained black, inner city's chalk, broken fingerbones of clay piles etc are some of the main humorous as well as unimaginable quotes made by the speaker in order to say about his feelings of the ruined city.
Hope it helps you...
Answered by Benjemin ☺️
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<span>Poll taxes, literacy tests, violence/terrorism, and economic intimidation (For example, telling a black sharecropper that you won't sell them seed if they vote.)
The tests were impossible to pass, regardless of color. The poll taxes were obviously an economic way to prevent blacks from voting. I'm sure there were other ways as well. I know they would also threaten violence to families, children, and the voters if they even attempted to vote.</span>
