Option 1 (Poetry) Read John Agard's 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'. Then Read Grace Nichols' 'Wherever I Hang'. (You May Also Wish to Listen to the Audio Recordings.)
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Task 1
Option 1 (Poetry)
Read John Agard's 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'. Then read Grace Nichols' 'Wherever I hang'. (You may also wish to listen to the audio recordings.)
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the two poems, ensuring that, in line with the Study Diamond, you comment on their effects, the techniques used in them, interpretations of their meanings and any relevant contextual information.
Use no more than 1,000 words.
Introduction
What are the comparisons and contrasts between the two poems 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' By John Agard and Grave Nichols' 'Wherever I hang'?
I express the overview of the comparisons and contrasts between the two poems 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' by John Agard and Grace Nichols' 'Wherever I hang? This is kept simple, linking in with the contextual analysis of John and Grace as national Guyana Caribbean immigrants as being the similarity and the displeasures of having immigrated to England. This is linked to the Jamaican creole accent being sterotyped, victimised, and ridiculed from Agard's intake where as on the other hand, Grace Nichols left home willingly. Grace was saddened by "de misty greyness" "within the sky" "And come to this place call England." The tropical delight of hearing a "humming bird" changed to the "pigeons walking within the snow", it is no wonder Agard has an effective anger towards the Oxford Dictionary as portrayed by the reader. Nevertheless, Grace Nichols remains calm and polite. This will be discussed and concluded, linking in with the clever choice of stanzas, metaphors and rhyming techniques.
John Agard's poetry in 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' effectively inspires humour towards the reader by poking fun at de Queens English and makes me feel the simplicity of his heritage by specifying "I didn't graduate, I immigrate." He entices vividly the imaginative form of standard English and the Jamaican creole dialect quite easily to make the reader feel they are reading a true...
Option 1 (Poetry)
Read John Agard's 'Listen Mr Oxford Don'. Then read Grace Nichols' 'Wherever I hang'. (You may also wish to listen to the audio recordings.)
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the two poems, ensuring that, in line with the Study Diamond, you comment on their effects, the techniques used in them, interpretations of their meanings and any relevant contextual information.
Use no more than 1,000 words.
Introduction
What are the comparisons and contrasts between the two poems 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' By John Agard and Grave Nichols' 'Wherever I hang'?
I express the overview of the comparisons and contrasts between the two poems 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' by John Agard and Grace Nichols' 'Wherever I hang? This is kept simple, linking in with the contextual analysis of John and Grace as national Guyana Caribbean immigrants as being the similarity and the displeasures of having immigrated to England. This is linked to the Jamaican creole accent being sterotyped, victimised, and ridiculed from Agard's intake where as on the other hand, Grace Nichols left home willingly. Grace was saddened by "de misty greyness" "within the sky" "And come to this place call England." The tropical delight of hearing a "humming bird" changed to the "pigeons walking within the snow", it is no wonder Agard has an effective anger towards the Oxford Dictionary as portrayed by the reader. Nevertheless, Grace Nichols remains calm and polite. This will be discussed and concluded, linking in with the clever choice of stanzas, metaphors and rhyming techniques.
John Agard's poetry in 'Listen Mr Oxford Don' effectively inspires humour towards the reader by poking fun at de Queens English and makes me feel the simplicity of his heritage by specifying "I didn't graduate, I immigrate." He entices vividly the imaginative form of standard English and the Jamaican creole dialect quite easily to make the reader feel they are reading a true...