Poetry Literature paper 2

Created by

Theo Thompson

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What are key quotes in JAMAICAN BRITISH
”In school I fought a boy in the lunch hall - Jamaican”
”took me straight to Jamaica - passport British“
half-caste, half mule, houseslave“
Key quotes in WE REFUGEES
“Can be hated by someone for being someone
Key quotations for PECKHAM RYE LANE
“Each persona sturdy hairbrush bristle“
“damp and cramped as a coconut shell”
”angles gaze from treetops like William Blake“
Key quotes in TO MY SISTER
“the first mild day in march“
”the red breast sings from the tall larch“
”bare trees and mountains bare“
key quotes for CAPTAIN COOK
“Within that lonely garden what happy hours went by”
”we leave in leaving childhood, life’s fairy land behind”
“we both of us alter‘d, and now we talk no more”
Key quotes in ISLAND MAN
“Small Emerald island”
“dull north circular road”
”the sound of blue sun”
Key quotes in THE EMIGREE
“ I have no passport, there’s no way back at all”
”it may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants“
Key quotes in IN WALES WANTING TO BE ITALIAN
“ living in Glasgow, dying to be French“
”being sixteen in wales, longing to be Italian“
Key quotes is SUNDAY DIP
“The morning road is thronged with merry boys”
”and play about the water half the day“
”and laugh to hear the thunder in their ears“
Key quotes in I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
“To know I’m farther off from heav’n Than when I was a boy“
”my spirit flew in feathers then“
”the little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn;”
Key quotes in KUMUKANDA
“I have never dance among my fellow initiates”
”although we both needed a hug, shook my hand”
”to speak with a tongue that isn’t mine“
Key quotes in MY MOTHER KITCHEN
“ my mother is planning another escape”
”she never talks about her lost furniture“
”I will never inherit my mothers trees”
Key quotes in CLEAR AND GENTLE STREAM
“ clear and gentle stream! Known and loved so long”
”Of the summer day dreaming here I lay“
key quotes in MILD THE MIST UPON THE HILL
“I’m gone back to the days of youth“
”as thick as morning tears“
Key quotes in US
“Cresting the Mexican wave of we or us“
“oi, you, tell us where yer from”
Key context of JAMAICAN BRITISH
-the poem addresses racial stereotypes -Antrobus has personal experiences of what it is like growing up with dual-heritage -the poem makes references to Jamaicas colonial past
Key context for WE REFUGEES
-Zephaniah highlights the global displacement crisis -Zephaniah wrote lots of poetry about and for diverse groups of people and is himself dual-heritage -Zephaniah was an advocate for equality and social justice which I’d reflected in his works
Key context for PECKHAM RYE LANE
-Blackmore is showcasing the multicultural and diverse society of London in the poem -Blackmore references William Blake, a Romantic poet, as she highlights the beauty in modern day London
Key context for TO MY SISTER
-Wordsworth was a Romantic poet writing about the power, beauty and awe of the natural world. -Wordsworth had a close and loving relationship with his own sister so the poem could be based in his personal experiences. -Wordsworth discusses the emotional connections to family which many readers can relate to
Key context for CAPTAIN COOK
Captain Cook can be read through a Romantic lens and follows some of the same convections
Landon had a close relationship in childhood with her brother and the dedication could reflect her personal experiences That relationships was tumultuous in adulthood and could reflect the shift in tone in the poem to negative views of the present
key context for ISLAND MAN
-Nicholas experienced moving to the UK from the Caribbean
-Nicholas is making references to the windrush generation and the struggle people felt in terms of belonging in the UK
-the poem highlights cultural differences between the Caribbean and the UK
Key context for THE EMIGREE
-Carol Rumens is a British born poet. She has published a number of collections of poetry and her poems focus on the themes of persecution, personal stories, love, separation, death and displacement
-Although Rumens poem does not refer to any particular country or war, she talks about how other people may feel in that position
Key context for IN WALES WANTING TO BE ITALIAN
-Dharker has experienced living in both India and the UK
-In the poem, Dharaker is referring to a feeling of longing that is common amongst young people for knowledge and experience of different cultures
Key context for SUNDAY DIP
-Clare was best known for writing about the simplicity of real life during a period of urbanisation
-Clare was a Romantic poet writing about the power, beauty and awe of the natural world
-His poetry is simple in structure and language but focused on a number of themes such as nature, love for family, country life and social injustice
Key context for I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
-This poem can be read as one that follows many of the conventions of Romanticism
-Hood was plagued with poor health and was perhaps writing about a more content time of during his childhood
Key context for KUMUKANDA
-Chingoni was of Zambian heritage and knew personally the difficulties of being dual heritage
-The word ‘Kumukanda’ means ‘initiation’. This poem is taken from a whole collection written by Chingoni in 2017 and describes the Luvale Tribes ceremony for the young men of the tribe
-Chingoni highlights cultural differences between a tribal community and perhaps similar to the the UK
Key context for MY MOTHER KITCHEN
-Hardi moved to the UK from Iraqi-Kurdistan so had personal experiences of living in different cultural areas
-Hardis poem demonstrates the difficulties many refugees and displaced people face
-The poem was written in 2004, just after the Iraqi war, Hardis parents decided to go back home in Iraq after many years and the poem is about them packing up their home to move on yet again
Key context for CLEAR AND GENTLE STREAM
-Bridges wad appointed Poet Laureate between 1913 and his death in 1930. He was known for his emotive and rhymical poetry
-Bridges was influenced by spirituality and nature
-Robert Bridges wrote and translated a number of hymns later in his career which could relate to his religious references in his poetry
Key context in MILD THE MIST UPON THE HILL
-Brontë wrote about happiness of childhood die to her siblings all dying at a young age
-brontë lived on the moors and was likely writing about a setting she knew well
-This poem can be read as one that follows many of the conventions of Romanticism
Key context for US
-The poets mother is English and father Pakistani, so he grew up identifying as having dual-heritage
-The poem conveys ideas of tolerance and living together in harmony
-The collective pronoun of ’us’ can be as small as relationship between 2 people or as large as the human race as a collective