hurricane hits England / Flashcards
who wrote ‘hurricane hits England’ and in what year?
Grace Nichols, in 1996
can you give some context about the poet and poem?
the poem is in reference of a true story. and that the places where we come from will always be with us throughout or lives. Nichols was born in Guyana, in 1950 but moved to England in 1977. she married a poet called John Agard. is she grew up in her native country she would of been used to hurricanes. in 1987 a weather man, Michael Fish, said there would be no hurricane but turned out to be wrong.
can you give some quotes?
it took a hurricane, to bring her closer// the howling ship of the wind// like some dark ancestral spectre// fearful and reassuring// what is the meaning// reaping havoc//
what is the structure of the poem?
free verse with no regular structure or rhyme scheme
