Compare 'Nothing's Changed to 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes', showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the cultures and traditions that they are writing about.
Compare 'Nothing's Changed to 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes', showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the cultures and traditions that they are writing about. The poem 'Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two Beautiful People in a Mercedes' has been chosen to be compared to 'Nothing's Changed'. The two poets Tatamkhulu Afrika and Lawrence Ferlinghetti reveal their ideas and feelings about the cultures and traditions that they have talked about through the tone, language and the structure of the poem. The reader can notice that both poets reveal that in an angry way. The poem that Lawrence Ferlinghetti wrote tells us how the poor people feel about the rich when they see them living and staying in a better place than they are. The poem also tells us the separations between the rich and poor. The poem 'Nothing's Changed' talks about the separation between the whites and the blacks and how the whites usually treat the black people. The tone in 'Nothing's Changed' is very angry and violent, to show the poets attitude to the fact that nothing has changed. His ideas and violent feelings are revealed in his tone. He shows a very bad attitude towards white people. The tone can be seen as that of a resigned way, as if he knows that it almost too much to hope that things can change. The poem 'Two Scavengers ...' can be seen as a loud
Compare the ways poets reveal emotion in Nothing
Compare ways poets reveal feeling in Nothing's Changed and one other poem. The feelings that people show in poems are often different. They can be sad, happy, excited or afraid, and poets show these feelings in a number of ways. In Nothing's Changed the feeling is of anger and aggravation at the lack of change in racism and separation. Whereas in Night of the Scorpion the feelings are of tension and apprehension as the child worries for its mother. In Nothing's Changed the poet uses repetition of connectives "and" on four lines in stanza 2. This shows growing feelings of anger and adds impact as the stanza commences. It shows his rising anger and the words suggest he has had a hard life and he is becoming trapped and the anger more concentrated, "skin about my bones". In Night of the Scorpion similes are used to make the village seem panic stricken and frightened, unlike the anger shown in Nothing's Changed. On line 8 in uses the simile "The peasants came like swarms of flies". This simile makes it seem like anger and makes the child and the villagers seem panic stricken and afraid. In Nothing's Changed the language helps to show the man's anger and the annoyance that he feels with the people. It says "Hot, white, inwards turning anger of my eyes". This shows that he cannot express his anger and the frustration that is bubbling up inside him. In Night of the Scorpion as
Compare "Nothings Changed" with one other poem showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the particular cultures and traditions that they are writing about
Compare "Nothings Changed" with one other poem showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the particular cultures and traditions that they are writing about Throughout Afrika's childhood he felt a deep sense of isolation, a factor to later influence his writing. Brathwaite didn't experience the same emotion, but the way he was treated when he was younger also influenced his writing. Afrika found out that he was 'black' at around 12 years old and felt bad for his fellow black men and women, and the way they were treated. The poem "Nothings changed" was written when he had discovered he was coloured and it is about him protesting and voicing his concerns and opinions for those worse off in society. The poet Brathwaite also writes for those mistreated by people in power, in his protest poem "Limbo." It is about slavery and its effects on a society. As the title suggests the poem is related to "Limbo," but whether it means the place between heaven and hell, or the game/ dance Limbo is unclear. Afrika's motivation lay within his life experiences and influences, as did Brathwaite's. The two poets had each experienced forms of power, yet both were able to express and convey the flaws of these authorities in different styles. Today, "Limbo's" content is unbelievable. However, by using this approach he helped people realise that slavery was a real issue.
Analyzing Longfellow - The Sound of the SeaBy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Analyzing Longfellow The Sound of the Sea By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow In the poem, The Sound of the Sea, by Longfellow, the speaker uses an allusion of the sea to show a comparison between the "rushing of the sea-tides" and the process of the human soul being inspired. The speaker is enchanted by the ways that occasions and situations are revealed to the soul through "inspirations" in a method of almost "foreshadowing" what is to come in the future. These "inspirations" come as sporadically to humans beings as the tide's rushing in along the beaches. This allusion is presented through the poem with a regular rhyme scheme (abbaabba, cdecdec) in a single stanza format. Longfellow uses the poem as a metaphor to symbolize how strong and powerful visions suddenly come to humans, and seem to speak to our "souls." The soul is first motivated suddenly towards something, as illustrated when the speaker hears "the first wave of the rising tide." This is a sudden epiphany illuminating the speaker's mind, "a voice out of the silence of the deep," reverberating in the speaker's whole body until it is like the "roar of the winds," making a strong, clear vision to the soul which will inspire it. Longfellow uses a simile (Line 7) for a direct comparison of how suddenly the soul is affected by an inspiration as it springs up "as of a cataract from the mountain's side." The "mountain's
What are your impressions of "Nothing's Changed".
What are your impressions of "Nothing's Changed" Nothing's changed is a very intense poem, it is showing the black boy's feeling towards what he is seeing and experiencing during his life. The poet tells the reader how he's angry due to the attitude towards black people. There are many violent and physical emotions in this poem. He makes the words and phrases come to life, for example "small round hard stones click" and "cans trodden on, crunch" by using this technique a physical response is brought into the poem. This feeling of conflict and physical tension makes the reader feel on edge. It makes the reader feel like tension is building. The poet tells the reader how he knows he's in district six by "the soft labouring" of his lungs and "the skin" about his bones, also "the anger" in his eyes. Anger and physical tension are very important in this poem. I believe it is mainly what the poem is about. To make the feeling of anger and tension build up more. The poet refers to heat a lot, for example "flaring like a flag." Words like "hot", " white", "burn" and "flaring" are used throughout the poem to keep the anger flowing. I feel that this situation is rather like in a boiler, the pressure and heat is building steadily but it can only take so much. The poet also tells the reader that he doesn't feel welcome in this country, despite there are no "sign says it is." The poet,
Origins: Island Man and Nothing's Changed
Comparing the origins and cultures in Island Man and Nothing's Changed. Island Man is set in London, across the North Circular while Nothing's Changed is set in District 6. Island Man recounts a man originating from the Caribbean awaking from a dream and Nothing's Changed recounts a man revisiting his childhood to reveal nothing has changed. The speaker in Nothing's Changed is Tatamkhulu Afrika whereas Island Man has an omniscient narrator. Similarly both poems explore their past memories of their origins and compare them to present day. The speaker in Island Man appears to have an understanding attitude whereas the speaker in Nothing's Changed appears to have an angry attitude towards the issues explored. Language in Island Man is used effectively to convey the man's past origin to present day. For example 'of his small emerald island' This is particularly effective as the connotations of 'emerald' reflect a precious, rare and colourful island. This is later compared to a "grey" and "dull" North Circular to show the clear contrast between the man's origin and where he is currently at now. Further, light language is used which also engages the senses of the reader to portray the island the man loved so much. We can hear "the sound of the blue surf" which connotes a colourful and vibrates colours. A sense of understanding however is also visible as the narrator
Write about at least 2 poems in which the author focuses on identity - "Nothings Changed" and "Search for my tongue".
Write about at least 2 poems in which the author focuses on identity In the tow poems that I'm going to compare they both concentrate on the main theme of identity these two poems are "Nothings Changed" and "Search for my tongue". "Nothings Changed " wrote by a black Egyptian living in South Africa. When he comes to district six as it was named then, a black filled shanty town years ago but the apartheid laws meant that the whites could by it and take over the land and it has now become a white area but even after the apartheid laws were scrapped in the early 90 and the African National Congress came to power through Mandela he walks through this place which he remembers from when he was younger. "Small round stones click And then under my heels, Seeded Grasses thrust Bearded seeds Into trouser cuffs, cans, Trodden on, crunch In tall , purple-flowering, Amiable weeds." The poet first gets us to focus in and imagine the sounds that is making, "small round stones click under my heels," we envisage a mans footsteps but he gives you the adjectives which promote a prescise sound. Towards the end of the stanza we see a slow in reading pace as if it is the poet slowing down towards maybe something perhaps in the next stanza.But in "Half Caste" We can see the poet starting demanding an explanation about why someone calls him half caste why hes put in the category
Comparative Essay, How is the theme of 'identity' dealt within the poems 'Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan' and 'Nothing's Changed'.
Comparative Essay, How is the theme of 'identity' dealt within the poems 'Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan' and 'Nothing's Changed'. The poem is written in free verse, where the phrases are arranged loosely across the page. It is divided into stanzas of varying length. The poem, 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan,' investigates problems of identity from the point of view of a "half-English" girl growing up in England but receiving regular presents from her relatives back home. The poet's use of the word phrases 'feeling alien', 'half-English' and having 'no fixed nationality' are direct statements about her conflict of identity. She contrasts the beautiful clothes and jewellery of India with the classic English cardigans from Marks and Spencer. There is a slight pun about her aunts 'requesting cardigans from Marks and Spencer's to further explore this shared culture. The 'radiant' clothes are so carefully described to stress their difference to British clothing. When a glass bangle 'drew blood' it is an image of how she is not used to these items of clothing. She is also drawn to the loveliness of these things, but feels awkward wearing them; 'I tried satin-silken top-/was alien in the sitting-room. /I could never be as lovely as those clothes', (lines 16-19).The girl 'longed for denim and corduroy'', (lines 20-21).This shows she wants to 'fit in' so she has to
'Nothings changed'
'Nothings changed' In 'nothings changed' Afrika describes the cultural difference between coloured people and whites. He represents this by using many different poetic techniques, he does this by emphasising that there is a cultural difference between them, he shows this by using a small village in Africa called District six. The Title of the poem suggests that when the whites destroyed District six and built a new village, for coloured and whites to mix, it did not work. He shows this with the feeling of being unwelcome, in the village that used to be his home when he was a child. In this poem the cultures are divided because of wealth and power. In stanza 1, Afrika clearly builds up a sense of his anger at the continuing injustice. As he walks through District six, once so familiar to him, he feels an outsider. He begins his poem with short monosyllabic words, 'small round stones', which adds a feeling of sharpness to the tone which suggests his anger. In addition, the onomatopoeia word 'click' emphasises his anger because of his sharp aggressive 'ck' sound. Secondly he begins to use harsh and aggressive words, for example the word 'thrust' is a very harsh and unwelcome word, and it sounds very violent and aggressive. In this poem Afrika uses the symbol of "weeds" as the weeds are unwelcome, the weeds and Afrika are similar because they are unwelcome as they are both
Nothings Changed
NOTHINGS CHANGED By Tatamkhulu Afrika > Describe the irony in the title nothings changed. In my opinion nothings changed is a tragic and revengeful poem, which reveals the veracity of the way nothing has changed even after apartheid. The poem is set in District six, Cape Town, South Africa and was written by Tatamkhulu Afrika. A man who once witnessed the solace and recreation of district six. There is an ample of irony in the title nothings changed. District six has changed physically but in no other way. For starters in stanza one the man is walking through district six which has been evicted of the ethnic cultures and instead been inhabited by whites. Through this stanza we discovered that district six is kept a shambles "into trouser cuffs, cans, trodden on." This means that no one really cares about it anymore. Another factor mentioned are the purple weeds. The color purple is often referred to as dried blood (hence there must have been a massacre). The scattered rubbish and the purple weeds (in this case symbolizing death) are all ironic because during apartheid people were being killed/ beaten and people treated the place with no respect. Even after apartheid, nothing changed. Moving on the man comes across a lavishing restaurant. Through his careful choice of language, Tatamkhulu Afrika has made it obvious that the restaurant is for white people only. For