Checking out Me History Flashcards
What is it called when speaking with words like ‘dem’
Phonetic
What rhyming technique does Agard use when talking about famous Europeans in history
Simple rhyme (child like)
What does Agard use when talking about black historical figures (structure)
italics
What 3 Black figures does Agard mention
Toussaint
Nanny de maroon
Mary Seacole
What is the last line of the poem
“i carving out me identity”
What shows the Colonists power to tell history and dictate what is told
“Dem tell me what dem want to tell me”
What are the best line (4-5)
Bandage up me eye with me own history
Blind me to me own identity
What shows Toussaint’s hopeful future
“A slave/with vision”
“Toussaint de beacon”
What shows Nanny de maroon hopeful future
“mountain dream/
fire-woman struggle
hopeful stream
to freedom river”
What does the irregular scheme of structure suggest
absence of black figure shows the bombardment of white oppression
What shows Seacole as an image of hope
“a healing star
among the wounded
a yellow sunrise”
What shows the constant pressure in the poem
cyclical nature of dem tell me what dem want to tell me
