Checking Out Me History Flashcards
Point
The poet uses structure to build in rythme and rhythm potray an oral tradition of series
“Ballon”.
“Moon”.
“Spoon”.
“Maroon”
Rhyme-
Helps build the sense of rhythm and pace in part as if the poet Is getting riled up the further he goes
“Dem tell me,
Dem tell me,
Wha dem want
To tell me”
Repitition
= suggest constant barrage of learning by role without insight
structure: written in a regular rhyme and with a short mixed enjambment in verses
It creates the capture of the accents and rhythm of the Caribbean ethnicity of the poet
And
Parts of the work are in italic almost song like with a rhythm that seems to suggest stories passed out in song or to a beat