But in the old father, after the line7-line19, Boatswain describes that time passed and spring came but the old father was still in England so he decided to change himself and adopted the new culture as the line10 says “Old Father feet begin to shift”, the line11 informing that old father roots started to decay. Line12-13 visualising the action of the old father as he made the decision to change himself. In line14, Boatswain, expressing that because the old father forgot his past, he didn’t want to have any relation with the black people and the line15-19 shows that old father was completely forgotten his past and every new day brought a new change in his life, he started to make the relation with the white people and hated with the black colour.
In the old father stanza4, which is the last stanza from line 30-41, Boatswain still expresses the regretful behaviour of the old father; as he even doesn’t like to say hello to the black people. Line 31 - “Don’t eat dasheen or yam” showing that old father doesn’t like to eat the Caribbean food. At the very last of the poem line40 shows that white people are going to say some thing to the old father and in the line 41 white people says that “He’s an example to his people”, they are saying this because they are racist as we know from the line 24 saying “That don’t like serving black people”, this giving the evidence in the poem of being racist of the white people. Because the white people were racist, they were still saying to the old father that he’s an example to his people even when he tried every thing to become like a white man. Whereas in the poem Island man, Nicholas says in the last two stanzas of the poem that island man recapped his history in his mind and then he comes into the real world – England, which is very advanced than the Caribbean this means that even island man is still in England, he never forget his roots and never tried to become a white man as the old father did. The lines17 and19 says “his crumpled pillow waves”, “Another London day” shows that island man was sleeping and woke up due to the past memories in his mind.
Basically at first Old Father poem is similar with the Island man poem because at the starting of each poem, Poets are describing the passion of their heart. They shows that they both old father and island man are missing their country very much and are distressed to go back to their homeland.
In the old father poem old father decide to change himself and do his best to become as a white man but the white racist people still says him that he’s an example to his people. But in the island man poem, island man wakes up to the sound of the sea. Nicholas links the poem to island point of view for his country. Poet tries to define the emotions of the island man with regard to his homeland as the she says in the poem that “to the sound of the blue surf” this means that island man still can hear the sound of his island from his heart and from his memories. He can view his past place while closing his eyes. In the whole poem island man remembers his roots and wishes to see his country.
The language used in the Old father poem is not proper English like in the line6 ‘Man, a tekkin’ ‘de nex’ boat back home’. Poet uses dialect to create the reader attention towards the old father. There are few grammatical errors for third person as the line25 “And he crack joke with them white people on we”, Line30 “He don’t say ‘Hello’ no more”, Poet made these errors probably its Caribbean style but every line has powerful feelings of heart. Line19 means that Old Father doesn’t want to have any relation with the black people. Line14 “Coloured girls no good for he” makes the sound unusual to attract the reader. “Tut tut” has been used in the line26 to make implications by the reader. Line41suggests that old father is now disappointed and hoping to go back to his own country when white people didn’t accept to old father when he changed himself and became as a white man.
But the use of the language in the Island poem is different as the language is been used in the Old father poem. The language used in Island man is regular English. There isn’t any kind of grammar and spelling rules in this poem like Line 1-4 shows in simple English that island man still memorise his past in his mind. The line11 emphasise on the island pain and realise to the reader by using the repetition “groggily groggily”. In the line5 the word “wombing” makes reader to concentrate on the poem; as the reader read the line5 and when looked at the word wombling doesn’t understand and as soon as looked at the English dictionary can’t find the word, so in this way Poet try to make the reader to think about the poem.
Two different Caribbean poets wrote that poem and they both poems were written when they were in England. Both of the poems describe the brief contrast between the English and Caribbean culture. The Old father poem describes about the Old man who used to live in the Caribbean as the people normally live but the Island man poem described about the man who lived at the island in the Caribbean for a long time. Although “Old Father” is more descriptive than “Island man” both poets have explained successfully their wishes and reasons behind missing their country.
