The first way the speaker creates a sense of identity is in the title by using the word 'come' which shows that the speaker feels that they are a product of their up bring and environment. It also sets the tone for the poem by using the word 'I' because the speaker has a sense of pride and ownership about their life experiences and childhood.
Another way the speaker creates a sense of identify is through the structure of the poem which is a stream of consciousness, there's no stanzas but there is endjandment and end stopped. This shows the speaker is thinking through their life and is possibly feeling nostalgic or missing their family, home and childhood.
Significantly, throughout the poem we see juxtaposed imagery from the speaker which eludes to their childhood, 'I come from clean handkerchiefs, dinner money, God' this is very pure and childlike. The word 'God' also gives the impression that the speaker is longing for their childhood, that it's better in comparison to their life now, 'skinheads and fights if you look the wrong way' which is very gritty and rough In comparison to their life now.
Later on in the poem we get more of a sense of the speakers identity when they discuss their childhood in more detail 'I come from a garden' and 'from fences, walls, gates and hedges' this is very idealic almost clichéd, which reflects it's a childhood memory, like it's almost too perfect but this is the life he wants because it represents happiness,.
