poems

• Half past two - key themes

  childhood curiosity

  authority

  time

  childhood
• Half past two - language quote + analysis

  'he knew the clockface'

  personification of the clockface

  emphasises the boys age

  shows how he sees the world

  'into the'

  anaphora shows he is lost in his thoughts and how long he is waiting for
• half past two - form quotes analysis

  capitalization of 'teacher' and 'time' emphasises her power and authority, time makes it sound important and personifies it
• half past two structure anylsis

  made up of 11 tercets, gives the poem structure much like the boys time
• Half caste - themes

  ignorance and absurdity of racism

  identity

  danger of stereotypes
• Half Caste language analysis

  the use of picasso as a metaphor using mixed colours highlights the absurdity of mixing races and still being half caste
• Half Caste - form analysis

  lack of punctuation makes the poem free and unordered. this shows that agard does what he wants and does not fit stereotypes
• Half Caste - structure analysis

  the poem being split up into 4 uneven stanzas shows the going against stereotypes and suggests the stuff does not need to be uniform to still be a poem
• search for my tongue - key themes

  language

  identity

  communication

  immigration and assimilation
• search for my tongue - language analysis

  the use of the imperative verb 'had to' shows she was forced to learn another language and show that she has lost her autonomy
• search for my tongue structure analysis the second stanza written in her native tongue suggests that it is center of her identity and necessary to her. shows that she has re-found the part of her that she loves
• search for my tongue form analysis

  second person, used as more of an accusation, makes a reader feel personally affected and makes them contemplate about what they have done
• blessing - key themes

  Childhood

  innocence

  scarcity
• blessing language analysis

  use of onomatopoeia juxtaposes the amount of water from none to a lot 'drip' 'splash'
• blessing structure analysis

  the different stanzas represent the amount of water that the people have, from none to a little to a lot to bliss