Question 1: What does the poem’s title mean?
The poem’s title means that the author of the poem does not know what she is able to call the boy who is standing outside the door. Firstly, she describes the boy as a “terrorist”, then changing it to a “freedom-fighter”. In Line 19, Imitiaz Dharker says “I saw his face” and this is when the poem’s atmosphere changes. The mood of the poem goes from a sense of fear for the boy outside to a sense of empathy towards the boy.

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