From two / three poems you have studied, write about how the poets bring their experiences of other cultures to life

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From two / three poems you have studied, write about how the poets bring their experiences of other cultures to life.

The poets; Imtiaz Dharker; Denise Levertov and Chinua Achebe, all bring their experiences of other cultures to life in their respective poems; Blessing; Vultures and What Where They Like? This is achieved in many ways including, through the use of; subject; character; language; viewpoint and structure.

The poets explain what is happening to culture in their habitats by using metaphors to build up a picture in the readers mind “ the sudden rush of fortune” in Blessing , describes the fact that there is a lack of water in the area and when they do have water it is a “Blessing”. “Voice of kindly god” is another metaphor used to describe what the inhabitants think of using the water which shows how the citizens of the village feel about the water.

Similarly in Vultures, Achebe describes the vulture as a “pebble on a stem” this immediately leaves the reader with a bad image about vultures. Furthermore “telescopic eyes” gives the effect that the eyes can see everything Achebe has created this because he wants the reader to know that the vultures are constantly looking for dead bodies. In What Where They Like? “Light hearts turned to stone” is a metaphor Levertov uses to describe how all the happiness has gone in Vietnam during and since the war.

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Similarly to how the poets use metaphors, similes are used to describe the situation. In Blessing Dharker uses similes to make the poem flow easier and create a picture in the readers head: “flow has found” is used to explain the rush of water. On the other hand, in Vultures, Achebe begins the poem by using similes to cause a negative effect: the “dawn” is described as; “despondent” and “drizzly”. Like Vultures similes in What Where They Like? are also used to create a negative effect laughter is described as; “bitter and burned”. Achebe has used these similes because ...

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