Compare how a persons culture is shown to be important in Hurricane Hits England and in one other poem.
Compare how a person's culture is shown to be important in 'Hurricane Hits England' (page 18) and in one other poem. 'Hurricane Hits England' by Grace Nichols and 'Search for My Tongue' by Sujata Bhatt both shows the importance of culture in different ways. Firstly, the language used in 'Hurricane Hits England' is made up of statements and questions. She talks about the "howling ship of the wind" which is a metaphor for the hurricane to show the power of the storm. There paradox of the "fearful and reassuring" storm shows that even though she is scared, it makes her feel that the storm is not such a bad thing for her. She also includes questions such as "tell me why you visit an English coast?" this shows that she does not understand why a nature has come to where she now lives. This is because hurricanes were a usual disaster in French Guyana, where she originally lived, and then when she moved to England, the storm followed her there. She also wonders why her "heart unchained?" This could show the freedom because the hurricane showed her that French Guyana is not that far away from England for an event like a hurricane to happen. It could also mean that she was a slave but has now been set free to live a normal life. In addition, Nichols personifies the storm by calling it her "sweeping, back-home cousin"; this shows that understands the storm and sees it as a usual