CHECKING OUT ME HISTORY

Question 1

WHO WORTE CHECHING OUT ME HISTORY

Answer 1

AGARD

Question 2

CONTEXT OF CHECKING OUT ME HISTORY

Answer 2

AGARD WAS BORN IN GUYANA AND WROTE POEMS EXAMINING CULTURE AND IDENTITIES

Question 3

WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT

Answer 3

HOW THE NARRATORS KNOWLEDGEG OF HISTORY LINKS TO HIS IDENTITY
HE WASNT TAUGHT CARABEAN HISTORY

Question 4

HOW IS FORM USED IN CHECKIN OUT ME HISTORY

Answer 4

MIXTURE OF STANZA FORMS SUGGESTING HE IS BREAKING LANGUAGE RULES
CARABIAN STANZAS HAVE A MORE BROKEN SYNTAX THAN BRITISH MAKING THEM SOUND MORE SERIOUS AND RHYME MAKES THEM SOUND CHILDLIKE
- DE COW THAT JUMPED OVER THE MOON -

Question 5

HOW IS STRUCTURE USED IN THE POEM

Answer 5

ALTERNATIVES BETWEEN HISTORICAL AND FICTIONAL FIGURES EMPHASISES THE DIFFERENCE BETEWWEN THE TWO CULTURES

Question 6

HOW ARE METAPHORS USED IN THE POEM

Answer 6

IMAGES OF LIGHT ARE POSSITIVE BECAUSE THEY SHOW AWARENESS OF YOUR IDENTITY
- SEE FAR WOMEN - CONTRASTS THE BLINDNESS OF HIS FORMAL EDUCATION
- BANDAGE UPME EYES - IRONIC BECAUSE BANDAGES ARE USED FOR HEALING

Question 7

HOW ARE ORAL POETRY FEATURES USED

Answer 7

REPETITION , RYTHMS, CHANTING AND PHENETIC SPELLING IS A WAY OF COMMUNICATING HISTORY
CARABAIN PHONETIC SPELLINGS SHOW A PRIDE IN HIS HERITAGE

Question 8

KEY THEMES OF CHECKIN OUT ME HISTORY

Answer 8

POWER OF HUMANS
ANGER
IDENTITY