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Difference between poems Essay

Both verse forms ar a response to other peoples thought process of the poets cultural identities. The poetrys are written as though the poet is replying to some one directly. Half-Cast is about a multi cultural person who is standing up against racism and against people look down upon them because of their ethnicity. bathroom Agard is line of reasoning with the person who is being racist to him by sceptical if Half-Cast means he is half a man. mute I rising slope is about a woman, Maya Angelou who has had a traumatic personal and cultural history precisely still she rises above it.She has had to face racial and sexual prejudice, but she still stands strong. In Half-Cast John Agard opens the poem with a polite but angry request. This opening is only an angry one because of the following lines. unbosom me standing on one leg, I am half-cast This sarcasm is showing that he is trying to be nice but is annoyed about it. The first line is very polite but straightway after the p oet is acquiring the reader of suggesting he is half a man by using the speech half-caste. He uses in nominal language throughout the poem, the language is also written in john Agards dialect.It makes you say the words how it sounds. This could be the poet celebrating his culture. Explain yuself, Wha yu mean This also makes you as the reader feel the anger, trouble and sadness through the Agards tone. The structure of the poem is simple but effective by using a three line opening two quite large stanzas then closes with three lines. One poetic technique he uses in each stanza is repetition of his points. Explain yuself, Wha yu mean This is repeated also so that Agard could give his reasons for being insulted and emphasises his argument.In each stanza he uses comparisons When yu say half-caste, Yu mean Tchaikovsky, Sit down at dah piano, an mix a black key Wid a white key, Is a half-caste symphony. This is questioning it Tchaikovskys music should be seen as inferior because he mixe d black and white notes. The poem is well structured and the language is perfectly composed. I have keep using this quote as it very strong and uses a lot of poetic techniques. Explain yu self, Wha yu mean. The comparisons are very wide because you can understand and relate to his point as he compares his situation using metaphors.Still I rise, it is set out in 8 stanzas, and in which 7 out of 8 are all the same lengths except the eighth as it is the inhabit stanza and is the climax of the poem. The language she uses is most(prenominal)ly formal but it very up beat. You may kill me, but she is not bothered. In some stanzas it seems as she is mocking the person/people who are putting her down like they are pathetic. Does my sexiness disturbance you the word sexiness in this context does not only imply that she is beautiful and believes that she is, but that she feels gallant of her culture, which makes her confident.Maya uses many techniques in her writing such as through out the poem she uses rhetorical questions. Did you destiny to see me broken? These questions force the reader to think and imagine about there own views on racism and what it would be like to be in her shoes. She also uses personification You may kill me with your hatefulness. This is effective because kill me is a very strong phrase and keeps creating the image of her arriving back at her township after the sager. Throughout the poem she has used a rhyming pattern of every first and last lines this is successful as it builds a flowing structure to the poem.The poet uses repetition to emphasise her point Out of the army hut of historys shame I rise Up from a. I rise. This shows that once again she has risen above it. Historys shame this is a direct reference to the struggles face up by her ancestors in her cultural history. I think that Mayas technique clearly puts her point across and the last stanza finishes the poem with a strong phrase of I rise, I rise, I rise, I rise presenti ng that life is hard but what ever it throws at you, you shall rise above it. In each of the poems Maya Angelou and John Agard use repetition which emphasises their subliminal messages in the poem.John Agard gets quite defensive and angry, whereas Maya Angelou although angry and annoyed she sash calms and rises above it. I think the message of the two poems is that even when we are faced with prejudice and contrast we can be the better people by not complying with it. I also believe the most effective techniques used to present their opinions of their cultures and peoples perception of them were repetition, similes and rhetorical questions this created the tense moments that draw the reader in to go on and finish the poem.

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