Look We Have Coming to Dover Flashcards
‘so various, so beautiful, so new…’
epigraph summarises the ideas of poem
quote itself reflects immigrant hopes but the poem is about the fears of change to secularisation the uk
key themes of look we having coming to dover
perspectives on immigration, parody of their blind optimism or celebration
stowed in the sea to invade / tourists prow’d on the cruisers, lording the ministered waves
migraants are presented as secretive/hidden jxtp the loud and proud arrivals of the tourists - inferior
gobfuls of surf phlegmed by cushy come-and-go
metaphor connotes racist treatment and hardship
seagull and shoal life vexing their blarnies upon our huddled camoflauge
native opposition to arrival through natural imagery - migrants have to stay hidden
thunder unbladdders/ the title/ prow’d
continous mixing of language and voice reflects the merging of cultures and identities - immigrant hope/ social acceptance
escape hutched in a Bedford Van
classic British image - attempts to becoming more british = successful
seasons of years we reap inland
image of gain and hardwork - effort to progress
unclocked by the national eye
sense of threat and rejection from society
burdened,ennobled
struggle is presented as being something to be proud of / noble
poling sparks across pylon to pylon
getting closer to achieving british identity- celebration of moments and achievements / overcoming of hardships
swarms of us grafting in /invade
animalistic imagery - presented as pest like and nuisance
the black within the shot of the of the moon’s spotlight
dark imagery jxtp prev hopes and bright imagery - hidden struggles continue
passport us to life
dramatic - ultimate goal for them and achievement for overcoming hardship
Blair’d in cash
inventive language - reference to 90s/00s labour government which was supportive of immigration = hopeful and optimistic
beeswax’d cars, our crash clothes, free…
listing and caesura emph the triumph of everything they have gained - success and celebration
unparasol’d tables
no longer hidden/taboo - accepted - structural parallel with unlocked and stowed/huddled
east, babbling our lingoes, flecked by the chalk of Britannia!
mixing of voice and culture reflects excitement of merging identities - uniqueness of culture
emph by exclamatory
