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Super seven
Checking out me history
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Context
Eurocentric view of history
denied of own cultural identity
Structure
Dual structure through use of italics
> Separation of history
Repetition "Dem tell me"
> Start of each stanza
> Colonial control has dominated and is reflected in this poem
Volta "But now"
> Significance of taking control back"
Language
Motif of light regarding black influential figureheads
> light to guide
VIolent metaphor
> reflect abuse of colonial control
"Dem tell me"
> Oppressive tone to the trashing of history
> repetition- desire for message to he heard
> no power over what he is told
" De cow who jump over de moon"
> nursery rhyme-
pointless
, mocking
> Semantic field of
childhood
that he lost
"
Bandage
up me
eye
"
> injury
connotations
, hurt by
upbringing
> Identity has been
stripped
away
> Fresh wounds as
bandages
needed for it to be
healed
Checking out me history
John Agard