Homework 7 Flashcards
English flashacrds
‘And limbo stick is the silence in front of me’
The term silence emphasises the nerve of the black people as they are not allowed to speak up in their own country.
stick hit sound / and the ship like it ready’
The term ship like it ready shows that when the black slaves got transported across the world to other countries
‘down / down / down / and the drummer is calling me’
The term “ down down down” is a use of repetition and it shows a sense of urgency by the poet.
Small round hard stones click / under my heels’
This quote shows that black slaves were not allowed to wear shoes and their feet would burn.
crushed ice white glass, /linen falls, / the single rose’
The term represents describes the texture of the scenery and the rose adds focus and symbolism.
‘Hands burn / for a stone, a bomb, / to shiver down the glass’
The structure is imagery and it shows narrative the uses of glass represents the material.
‘What business of mine is it / So long they don’t take the yam / From my savouring mouth?
The use of so long as they don’t take the yam out out of my mouth shows thy=at their food was stolen.
‘They came one night / Booted the whole house awake’
The quote “ booted the whole house awake “ emphasises how rude the police were to the black people.
A knock on the door froze my hungry hand.’
This shows that the black people were scared when they heard a knock on their door.
