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Friday, May 31, 2019

Nothings changed-Choose two poems which make a connection between the :: English Literature

Nothings changed-Choose two poems which make a connection between thepast and the present, and rationalize what this connection means to eachwriter.When he goes back to the district its all overgrown. He steps finishedthe rubbish and weeds. It says the weeds are amiable which meansfriendly, as if the weeds dont know what he knows. He knows in hisbones this is where he used to live. Its as if the feeling starts inhis feet and works its way up through him, and he gets hotter and moreintense, until he absolutely sees this brash new building. Squatsmakes you think of a toad, or something heavy and solid, and alsosquatting is when you live somewhere illegal, like the inn shouldntever have been there. When he peers in through the glass its all cooland elegant inside, not the sort of place they would let in anyone. Hesays we know where we belong, meaning outside facial expression in. Soalthough it no longer says Whites Only on a board, like it used to,only rich white people would feel th ey had the right to be there.Charollte o neils song-Choose two poems which communicate a sense ofinjustice, and show how the poets have succeeded in doing this.The rhythm of the poem is very vigorous and assertive. You can imagineit sung in a rebellious way - shes had enough. The stress falls onthe important words in each line, especially the verbs, whichemphasises all the physical actions that are be described. Wordslike scrape and scrub echo each other, and when you say the scryou can hear the effort involved. Theres also a strong contrastbetween I and you right through the poem, which emphasises howdifferent their lives are. In the second half of the poem (after theBut) she shifts into the future tense as she imagines her new life.The poem finishes on a very definite note, with the last rhyme, likeshes slammed the door behind her - her old lifes all done anddusted.Half caste-Choose two poems where the style and language of the poemseem particularly suited to what the poet has t o say, and explain ineach case why you think this.The argument of the poem comes out in the way it is written. You couldalmost say that the poem is written in a mixed language - its a kindof English, but its also in Caribbean. The poet writes wid andinstead of with to show that the speaker has a Caribbean accent.

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