Checking Out Me History

Question 1

Narrative

Answer 1

focuses on the British colonial education system—particularly that important figures from African, Caribbean, and indigenous history are forgot

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

important figures from African, Caribbean, and indigenous history that are not talked about

Question 3

Strutucture

Answer 3

The poem alternates between two structures which are marked by two different fonts with lots of repetition being used from the first 2 lines and the first 2 lines of the last stanza

Question 4

Form

Answer 4

free verse, with the occasional use of rhyming quatrains (four-line stanzas). The poem contains 10 stanzas and a total of 53 lines.

Question 5

Language techniques

Answer 5

Agard uses a dialect (Creole) in this poem shown by the phonetic spelling, making clear that language is part of identity his linguistic heritage