Show how the poets sense of cultural identity have been explored in the poems
Show how the poets sense of cultural identity have been explored in the poems Introduction: The two poets Grace Nichols and Sujata Bhatt have experienced cultural alienation. The three poems 'Island Man, Hurricane Hits England' and 'Search For My Tongue' all explain how the poets immigrated and felt about the new surroundings which were distant from her homeland and culture. The poets all had a secondary theme, for example in island man the theme is the sea, which is referred to as the 'blue surf'. In an extract from Graces interview she reveals ''I feel I belong from Guyana because I speak their language and I have sprung from that background''. This shows us that the poets feel culture is the centre of their identity. It is a strong feeling towards their homeland and identity. My objective is to analyse the poems 'Island Man, Hurricane Hits England' and ' Search For My Tongue' and show how the feelings of the poets are presented. Poem 1: Island Man Grace Nichols wrote 'Island Man' when she moved from Guyana in the Caribbean to England. She moved in 1977. Grace Nichols earlier lived in Georgetown and was born in 1950. In this poem 'Island Man' Grace Nichols is writing about her experience of moving to London where she had to emigrate from her homeland in Guyana. She just couldn't adjust to the culturally and naturally different environment. Although it is an
How does the poet use language, imagery and form to make their person expressive in the three chosen poems 'from other cultures and traditions'?
How does the poet use language, imagery and form to make their person expressive in the three chosen poems 'from other cultures and traditions'? In poetry, poets should use the three techniques stated in the title to make their person and poem expressive. They can also use extended metaphors to give that little add of feeling to it. The three chosen poems for this essay are, 'Search For My Tongue', 'Hurricane Hits England' and 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan'. 'Search For My Tongue' is a poem about a Gujarati woman called Sujata Bhatt that had moved to another country resulting in her having to speak 'a foreign tongue'. She felt alienated because she felt out of place as the 'mother tongue' died in her mouth but returned to her overnight in a dream where it grew back, stronger than the 'foreign tongue'. Sujata Bhatt uses language to create a feeling of homesickness. She uses 'lost' when mentioning the loss of her 'mother tongue'. This expresses sadness, and then the Gujarati text helps the reader to understand what she has lost and what her 'mother tongue' is like. Words like 'rot' and 'die' makes the reader feel that Sujata's homesick, as her home language is dead and so doesn't feel at home because of the loss in her culture. Another word that is used that is also very important is the word 'the'. She uses this with the 'mother tongue'. This shows that the language
Four different poems by two different writers, Grace Nichols and Moniza Alvi.
Poetry Essay In this essay I am going to look at four different poems by two different writers, Grace Nichols and Moniza Alvi.Grace Nichols grew up in Guyana a small village along the Atlantic coast. She grew up being familiar with the English culture. Grace worked in Guyana as a teacher and a journalist before moving to England in 1977. She now lives in Sussex with her partner.Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan in 1954, she moved to England as a very young child. Her father was A Pakistani and her mother was English, but she was given a typically English upbringing. Moniza Alvi didn't revisit Pakistan until 1993. All four poems can be linked from the experiences that both writers experienced themselves. Both writers' poems are to do with their feelings and thoughts. The meanings of the poems are all very similar. In the poem 'Presents from My Aunt in Pakistan' Moniza Alvi creates images to find a sense of the culture into which she was born. In this poem she creates this image by the colours, 'glistening like an orange split open'. She uses 'Peacock Blue' which a very exotic, bright and extravagant colour which is representing the atmosphere conditions of Pakistan. She also writes about the photos, that although don't represent the culture they have a meaning to them, making Moniza think back to her childhood. Also she mentions jewellery and clothes these are also very bright
Hurricane Mitch
Sereena Romero 2-7-05 English period 3 Hurricane Mitch The 20th century brought upon natural disasters that have both impacted the social and economical aspects of life. Hurricane Mitch was one of the greatest disasters of it's time. The conditions that Hurricane Mitch left behind in Honduras and Nicaragua, effected these countries economy is a severe way. The hurricane brought devastation and economical difficulties to the people of Central American countries. The conditions the hurricane brought upon were severe. It began on the morning of October 20,1998. Satellite images showed that there were unorganized thunderstorm clusters forming over the southern Caribbean and Northern Venezuela. On October 22, the clusters became confined into a tropical depression. Tropical Storm Mitch had come into existence before the day was out. The Storm continued to climax on the 23rd and 24th, but by the 25th there was a sudden change; Mitch's central pressure fell from 1.77 inches to 26.73 inches in a matter of 34 hours. As chart B illustrates, Hurricane Mitch had tied Hurricane Camille (1969) for the fourth lowest pressure ever recorded in an Atlantic hurricane. Hurricane Mitch was named a Category 5 hurricane for maintaining it's low pressure for a duration of 33 hours compared to Hurricane Camille's(1969) and Hurricane Allen's(1980) 24 hour long
What is a Hurricane?
Geography Express GCSE HURRICANES BY NEILL PATEL Contents Topic Page . What is a Hurricane 3 2. Where does a hurricane occur 4 3. Six countries that are affected by hurricanes 5 4. Cross section of a Hurricane 6 5. Recent Hurricanes in MEDC & LEDC 7 * Two recent Hurricanes * Information about the impact of the Hurricanes * An Outline Report What is a Hurricane? Hurricanes are violent, spinning storms with towering thunderclouds and torrential rains. Inside a hurricane, screaming winds rotate at high speed around a calm, cloudless area in the centre, called the eye. Hurricanes are many times more powerful than ordinary thunderstorms. Forming over tropical oceans, they whip up giant waves. Most hurricanes rage harmlessly at sea. Some cause great damage if they reach land. Hurricanes cause massive devastation every year, flattening towns, uprooting forests and taking many lives. Hurricanes are known by different names around the world. In the Atlantic Ocean they are called hurricane, in the Pacific Ocean they are called typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical cyclones. Hurricanes are huge, rotating storms, which can bring widespread devastation, with winds of up to 350 kph (210 mph), heavy rain, and stormy seas. A hurricane begins as a region of heated air over the warm seas in the tropics, parts of the world near the equator. The heated air
How Does Grace Nichols Create a sense of Cultural Identity through her poetry?
English Essay- How Does Grace Nichols Create a sense of Cultural Identity through her poetry? By James Patney 11U Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana where she was brought up. She later moved to London. When she moved to London she felt as though she was living in an alien world and did not approve of London. Grace Nichols was longing for a cultural identity in Britain and she tends to describe Britain negatively and the Caribbean positively. Throughout Grace Nichols' poems she applies her own dialect of Creole, which is the official dialect of the Caribbean, where she originated. She also uses Creole because she feels as though she should preserve it. She maintains that the language is 'genuinely exciting' and that Creole's aspects are very vivid which concludes her to believe that there is no equivalent in the English language. The poem 'Praise Song For My Mother' is based upon memories Nichols has of her late mother from childhood and the style of the poem is simple to reflect this. The style is also based upon snapshots and a reminiscence of the Caribbean e.g. 'sunrise to me, rise warm and streaming', which is associated with the hot climate countries. The mood throughout the poem of 'Praise Song For My Mother' is very emotional and repetitive. This mood is established because the poet intends to mourn the fact that her mother has passed away. The poem is
Usually I could have cared less about a the arrival of a hurricane.
A STORM STORY Usually I could have cared less about a the arrival of a hurricane. Many had come and gone causing little damage in their wake. This one though, with winds traveling upwards to one hundred and forty miles per hour, proved to be a force to be reckoned with. Hurricane Jeff had left a devastating path of destruction every where it went and made everyone fearful. It was large and it moved extremely slow, as if to relish its work. Many were killed so far and hundreds were still missing . It was like the storm wanted to set an example for those who wished to test its strength. What sent fear ricocheting through my stomach was the fact that we were in the projected path of this brutal deadly beast. The first gust of wind came with biting intensity. It shook the trees vigorously, making the branches dance. The sky was frighteningly dark, and it looked as though God was going to pour down his wrath at any moment. The sky burst setting down gigantic raindrops that pounded the roof and a roar of thunder that was angry and metallic shook me to my bones. Lightening flashed at every angle, like a fire works display gone wrong. The wind picked up speed and took with it what was carelessly left outside. Normally, hurricanes were another reason to stay home, but the fury of this one was something for the ages. The swaying trees were being damaged and uprooted, like casualties
Many poets write about the power of nature using "Hurricane Hits England" by Grace Nichols and "Storm on The Island" by Seamus Heaney-Discuss which poet in your opinion portrays the storm more vividly
Many poets write about the power of nature using "Hurricane Hits England" by Grace Nichols and "Storm on The Island" by Seamus Heaney- Discuss which poet in your opinion portrays the storm more vividly Conal McGarrity "Hurricane Hits England" and "Storm on the Island" are poems addressing a similar event, that of a violent storm. However due to the contrast in the poets' backgrounds, style and perception they present the event in different ways. The poets have been influenced greatly by their respective backgrounds. Seamus Heaney grew up in agricultural surroundings in rural Derry, inheriting a strong allegiance to farm life from his father. Inevitably much of his poetry stems and is primarily based on his experiences and feel for farm life. Many of Heaney's poems address nature, its beauty and its power. The strength of his poetry lies in his ability to create effective imagery to convey what is a common experience whether it's picking blackberries or experiencing a violent storm. In contrast, Grace Nichols experienced very different surroundings growing up. She originally lived in the Caribbean but her career as a writer uprooted her to an unsettled and alienated life in England. She finds it very difficult to surrender her own history and culture and the storm acts as a reminder. This is reflected in the poem. "Storm on the Island" describes the destructive
An Analysis of a Favourite Grace Nichols Poem.
An Analysis of a Favourite Grace Nichols Poem In this essay I will be writing about one of the Grave Nichols poems that I have studied. I will refer to other poems that have the same theme or technique that Grace Nichols uses. I have decided to analyze "Childhood". Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1950. She was educated at St. Stephan's Scot School, PPI High School and Guyana's University. She worked as a teacher, a Guyanese Government employee and a freelance journalist before she moved to Britain in 1977. She is now regarded as the most authoritative spokeswoman among contemporary black women poets in Britain today. "The Fat Black Woman's Poems", which she wrote in 1984 uses humor to deconstruct a racial and sexual stereotype, this collection of poetry is the one I have studied and will be analyzing an extract from. This poem describes about growing up in another culture. The way it's expressed is by using the aspect of catching fish. When she moves from the culture she's adapted to and arrives another where they catch fish differently, she finds it strange. She has a lot of positive memories of her culture and now she is in a new one, it contrasts with the way she was brought up. Religion and morals are questioned in this poem because where she was brought up it was ok to catch the fish in that way, but now she's in a new culture she is surrounded by
Comparison of Grace Nichols
Comparison of Grace Nichols Over a period of time I have studied the similarities and differences between two poems written by Grace Nichols called, 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping,' and 'Up My Spine'. After much consideration I have decided to compare the following: repetition, rhyme, missed out words, punctuation, strange spelling, race, woman's rights, economic exploitation and consumer society. 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping', is about a self conscious woman who desperately wants to fit in with society, but finds it impossible because of her size and colour. 'Up My Spine', is about Grace Nichols observing a lonely old woman from a distance. Grace Nichols has used repetition in both 'Up My Spine' and 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping'. In 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping', the phrase 'The fat black woman is repeated, whereas, in 'Up My Spine the first stanza is repeated, for example. 'I see the old dry-head woman leaning on her hoe twist up and shaky like a cripple insect'. In both examples, Grace Nichols has used repetition because these are oral poems written in Creole dialect. The repeated phrase in 'Up My Spine is more violent than 'The Fat Black Woman Goes Shopping' where it is more social. Grace Nichols has used rhyme in parts of each poem, in 'Up My Spine', the first two lines on the third paragraph rhyme. 'I see her missing tow her