belonging anthology

To My Sister,Sunday Dip, I remember, I remember I remember, In Wales wanting to be Italian, Kumakanda, Captain Cook,Jamaican British, Island Man, We refugees

Themes in To my Sister

Themes in To my Sister

Familiy,Nature

Form for To my Sister

Ballad,Isometric,Homodiegetic,Poetic 'I'

Rhyme scheme for To My Sister

ABAB

Refrain in To My Sister

then come,my Sister! come I pray with speed put on your woodland dress; And bring no book for this one day we'll give to idleness

To my sister It is the…

It is the first mild day of march: each minute sweeter than before the red breast sings from the tall larch that stands beside our door

Imagery in To My Sister

sensory,nature

Language in To My Sister

personification of nature

Context for To My Sister

romantic poet,the sublime,reflective, about his sister Dorothy

Key themes of Romanticism Poems

Nature,the sublime,Industrial revolution

Themes in Sunday Dip

Nature,Friendship,Childhood

Form for Sunday Dip

Narrative structure,Isometric,Heterodiegetic,Sonnet,Iambic Pentameter

Rhyme Scheme for Sunday Dip

AABBCC

Context for Sunday Dip

little formal education,romatic,celebration of youth,snapshot

Semantic field 1 in Sunday Dip

Youthfulness,Joy (dance,laugh,play)

Semantic field 2 in Sunday Dip

Adventure, Bravery (seek,boldest,lose their fears )

Sunday Dip they run

They run to seek the shallow pit, and wade and dance about the water

Form for I remember,I remember

Narrative,Isometric,Homodiegetic,Poetic 'I'

Themes for I remember,I remember

Childhood, Nature, Place

Context for I remember,I remember

Ill, romanticism, melancholy,innocence

What is the refrain in I remember,I remember

I remember,I remember

Language in I remember,I remember

personification,equivocation,nature imagery

Rhyme Scheme in I remember,I remember

Sing Song Quality

I remember,I remember first stanza

I remember,I remember the house where I was born the little window the sun came peeking in at morn,he never came a wink too soon nor brought too long a day, but now, I often wish the night had bourne my breath away!

I remember,I remember the fir trees…

I remember,I remember the fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops were close against the sky

I remember, I remeber, it was but

it was but childish ignorance but now tis little joy to know I'm farther off from heaven than when I was a boy

what is personified in i remember, I remember

the sun and moon

what does personification of the sun and moon in i remember I remember similar too

nursery rhymes

Themes in IWWI

Memories,place,identity,childhood

From in IWWI

Isometric,dramatic monologue,free verse

Rhyme Scheme for IWWI

no rhyme

What does IWWI end on

a rhetorical question

what is the rhetorical question at the end of IWWI

Impossibly pointed shoes?

vibes of IWWI

multiculturalism, freedom,youth,stereotypes

Context for IWWI

author is from bombay and wales (moved as a child )

What is IWWI like

informal,colloquial

Language in IWWI

wanting,asking,dying,longing (desperation increases)

Structure in IWWI

epiplexisis

IWWI is there

is there a name for that thing you do when you are young?

IWWI dying to

dying to be french,dying to shrug and pout

Pop culture references in IWWI

freddie mercury, vespas

IWWI wanting to declare,

wanting to declare, like Freddie Mercury, that you are from somewhere ;like Zanzibar.

IWWI to be able to…

to be able to say out loud without embarrassment, Bella! Bella!

what juxtaposition is key in IWWI

places of wales and italy

Themes in Kumakanda

identity,place,family,childhood

Form in Kumakanda

homodiegetic,isometric,free verse, poetic ‘I‘

Rhyme Scheme for Kumakanda

no rhyme

vibes of Kumakanda

loss,masculinity,mourning,reflective, melancholy, heritage, race

Conext for Kumakanda

born in zambia moved to UK at age 6, Kumakanda means initiation it is a right of passage

imagery in Kumakanda

colour imagery of yellow suit and white shoes

what does kumakanda end on

rhetorical question show he is still questioning

Kumakanda since…

since i haven’t dances among my fellow initiates …Tata’s people would think me unfinished -

what does the caesura after “unfinished“ in Kumakanda reflect

it is an extension line so it separates would should of happened and what did happen

Kumakanda to cross…

to cross the river boys of our tribe must cross in order to die and come back grown.

Kumakanda I was

I was raised in a strange land;by small increments:

what anaphora is used in Kumakanda

repetition of when to retell a story and reflect

Kumakanda at the graveside

at the graveside when the man I almost grew to call dad,though we both needed a hug, shook my hand

what does this quote “at the graveside when then man I almost grew to call dad,though we both needed a hug, shook my hand “ show

repression of emotion and toxic masculinity

Kumakanda this need to…

this need to speak in a tongue that isn’t mine?

Kumakanda he greets me…

he greets me in the language of my father and my father’s father and my father’s father’s father?

To My sister come

come forth and feel the sun

To my sister to the bare…

to the beare trees and mountains bare, and grass in the green field.

what is the ! in to my sister refrain

a caesura

To my sister from earth

form earth to man,from man to earth: - It is the hour of feeling

Sunday Dip the morning

the morning road is thronged with merry boys who seek the water for their Sunday joys

Themes in Captain Cook

memories,childhood,family,nature

vibes in Captain Cook

informal, reminiss

Context for Captain Cook

romantic,highly, educated,close to brother when young but then he was cruel to her,

Form for Captain Cook

narrative,isometric,homodiegetic,poetic ‘I‘

Rhyme scheme for Captain Cook

AABB

What is the volta in Captain Cook

after stanza 5 goes from happy nostalgic childhood to melancholy adulthood

What does the use of ! show in Captain Cook

her emotion and joy of the memories

Why does she not use ? in Captain Cook

because she doesn’t expect and answer

use of sibilance in Captain Cook reflects what

the sea and safety

Captain Cook we sail’d

we sail’d with his at sea, and the pond amid the willows the ocean seemed to be.

Captain Cook the water lilies

the water-lilies growing beneath the morning smile, we called the south sea islands.

imagery in Captain Cook

calm nature imagery (sunset in trees,fair south seas)

Captain Cook within

within that lonely garden what happy hours went by

Captain Cook we leave

we leave in leaving childhood,life’s fairy land behind.

what is the garden a metaphor for in Captain Cook

their relationship

Captain Cook how much

how much we loved his dangers, and we mourned his fall.

Captain Cook where are

where are the Guelder roses, whose silver used to bring, with the gold of the laburnums, their tribute to the spring

What does the rhyme scheme in Captain Cook remind me of

a sing song childhood

Themes in Jamaican British

identity, place, Us v Them

Form for Jamaican British

ghazal, homodiegetic, poetic ‘I‘,spoken word

what is the form of a ghazal

a middle eastern, poem with couplets (8) with a repeated refrain

Rhyme Scheme in Jamaican British

no rhyme but very rhythmic

Context for Jamaican British

his mother is white his father is Jamaican, born in hackney

vibes of Jamaican British

frustrated, dual heritage,reflective

Jamaican British anglo

Anglo nose. Hair straight. No way I can be Jamaican British

Jamaican British they think

they think I say I’m black when i say I’m Jamaican British but the english boys at school make me choose: Jamaican, British?

What does Jamaican British use

outdated negative and racist terms to show his experience

Jamaican British Half

Half-caste,half mule,house slave - Jamaican British .

Jamaican British light

light skin,straight male,privileged - Jamaican British

Jamaican British British

British don’t know how to serve our dishes; they enslaved us.

Jamaican British you cannot

you cannot love you sugar and hate your sweetness took me straight to Jamaica - passport: British.

Historical context for Jamaican British

Jamaicans fought of britain in WW1 + WW2

Jamaican British when knowing

when knowing how to war is Jamaican British.

what does enjambment do

emphasise

Themes in Island Man

Place, identity,home

Form for Island Man

free verse,heterometric,heterodiegetic, 4 stanzas