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Clash of Culture
People in Limbo (trapped between two situations)
Strength of Spirit
Slavery + Corruption
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Anger/Violence
Childhood Memories
Alienation
Apartheid
Racial Discrimination |
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Loneliness/Alienation
Childhood Memories
Separation
Imagination and Reality |
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Religion
Value of Commodities
Poverty |
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TWO SCAVENGERS IN A TRUCK, TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A FERRARI
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Political Protest
Alienation
Seperation
Social Injustice
America = 'Land of Dreams' |
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NIGHT OF THE SCORPION
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Childhood Memories
Mothers Love
Poverty
Religion |
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Duality of Life
Religion
Love and Evil Coexist |
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WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?
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WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?
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Vietnam
1954-75
Napalm Bombs
Communism
Civil War |
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Nigeria (Vultures)
Nazi Germany (Concentration Camp)
Contrast in Places = evil found everywhere |
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NIGHT OF THE SCORPION
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Indian Village
Primitive
Torrential Rain |
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TWO SCAVENGERS IN A TRUCK, TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A FERRARI
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San Francisco
Traffic Light |
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Caribbean Island
London near North Circular
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District 6, Cape Town
Apartheid |
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Africa ("burning ground" "sun coming up")
America
Ship = Hell "long dark deck" |
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Alliteration = "dark deck" emphasises the idea of hell
Rhythm and Rhyme = echo limbo music. disjointed to create sense of Limbo (stuck between)
Emjambment = lines run on, like it is contuining or maybe the ocean?
Symbolism = stick - oppression. lower the stick the more of a slave they become. also whip signifies beating
Imagery = RAPE! "knees spread wide"
Repetition = "limbo like me" allows reader to consider the duplicity of the meanings + that the suffering is ongoing
Negative Diction = "dark" "silence" stresses loneliness
Positive Images = contrast strongly to show hope "sun coming up"
Present Tense = suggest oppression is ongoing |
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Symbolism = "amiable weeds" - apartheid has creeped back after it was abolished + "glass in window" is the seperation
Assonance = used to reflect anger "spit a little"
Alliteration = "trouser cuffs, cans" express the resentment
Angry Diction = "bomb" convey the poets feelings
Emjambment = allows poem to run through smoothly, so the reader is taken into the journey mentally and physically
Onomatopoeia = allows us to use senses in the journey
Circular Structure = "Nothings Changed" to emphasise that nothing has changed.
First Person = empathise with author and feelings
Contrast = between societies |
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Repetition = emphasis his feelings
Imagery = appeals to all the sense "sound of blue surf"
Vivid colour = "blue", "grey" etc. makes it more vivid for reader
Adjectives + Adverbs = add emphasis and detail to reader
Juxtaposition and Contrast = "grey metallic soar" to "small emerald island"
Duality of Meaning = "wombing" represents both that he was born there and the richness of sea. safety blanket?
Possesive pronoun = "his" because it is perfection to him
Third Person = shows detached from his life in London |
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Religious Diction = "roar of tongues" - choir, "congregation" - people in church, "blessing" - service in church
Similies = adds vividness of dry soil, water is not in high supply
Onomatopoeia = helps to add the effect of the sound of water as they are appealing to the senses
Emjambment = flow of water
Metaphor = "silver crashes to ground" stresses the value of water
Personification = "voice of a kindly god" stresses the beautiful godly sound of water
Short Lines and Phrases = echo the drip drop of water |
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TWO SCAVENGERS IN A TRUCK, TWO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN A FERRARI
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Contrast = "Scavengers" "Beautiful" stresses difference in society (juxtaposition)
Narrative Quality = simple language and lack of punctation allows scene to unfold at freezeframe
Alliteration = stresses key ideas about characters eg "cool couple"
Similies = "gargoyle Quasimodo" - ugly creature. add effect and emphasis on contrast to "cool couple"
Layout = unusual which emphasises unusual social society |
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NIGHT OF THE SCORPION
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Free Verse = story like and narrative quality
Repetition = "they said" and "may" superstition.
Duality of Imagery = "diabolic" and "evil" - scor[ion the deveil BUT "crawl" and "part with posion" sound empathetic.
Alliteration = emphasise negative things of poem
Negative Diction = "groaning" emphasis of pain
Similies = "Peasants came like swarms of flies" makes them sound annoying |
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Structure = irregular and no rhyme helps stress the unpredictable nature of nature
Extended Metaphor = of Vulture being the same as Commandent Belson. shows duality of life
Contrast = "greyness and drizzle" yet vultures are affectionate, "human roast" "tender offspring". Stress theme of duality.
Juxtaposition = shows the multi faceted way of humans and nature
Metaphors = "pebble on a stem" emphasises ugliness of vultures
Religious Diction = even most revulsive things have good in them |
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WHAT WERE THEY LIKE?
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Structure = first stanza - questions, second stanza - answers from soldier ("Sir"). positive diction in first, then negative diction in second.
Metaphor - "light hearts turned to stone" emphasises the extent of damage done by the war
Sibilance = "speech and singing" stresses the good qualities of their culture
Alliteration = 'm' in "moths in moonlight" create sense of peace and quiet before war
Violent Diction = "bitter to the burned mouth" - napalm bombs. "bombs smashed those mirrors"
Positive Diction = contrast to negative "pleasant ways" "delight in blossom"
Contrast = before and after war. |
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