Checking Out My History Flashcards

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Structure

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Dual structure
The division between stanzas though agards use of italics shows the separation between the history he was taught and black history
Stanza organiseation
Each stanza end with a reference to a black historical figure;this indicates significance to agard
Enjambment
This shows how much agard cares about the equal teaching of histroy

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Theme

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Identity
Pride
Power
Anger

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Quote 1

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‘Dem tell me… dem tell me wha dem want to tell me

‘Dem’ has undertones of disrespect and creates a distance between e speakers and the writers of white history

• Repetition of dem’ throughout builds up and creates an angry tone,

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Quote 2

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‘Bandage up my eye with me own history’

o Metaphor for him not being able to learn about or celebrate his history

• connotations of violence and restriction, they show the pain caused by being cut off from his history

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Quote 3

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‘But now I checking out me own history… I carving out me own identity’

o ‘Carving has hints of rebellion and shows the need to fight to disc
his identity and share it with others

• ‘Identity’ is the final word in the poem as if to emphasise its significance to him

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Context

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he poem focuses on the holes in the British colonial education system—particularly that system’s omission of important figures from African, Caribbean, and indigenous history

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