poems checking out me history Flashcards
overview
The narrator discusses his identity and emphasizes how identity is closely linked t history and understanding your own
In school he was taught British history and not his Caribbean roots
structure
Non standard English is used to show his own culture
use of dialect
quote that shows aliteration
“Dem”
how he feels about education system
quote that shows childish rhyme
“dick whittington and he cat”
mocking what he has been taught
quote that shows metaphor of mary seacole
“healing star” “yellow sunrise”
positive shows how powerful she was
famous black characters
tousaint loverture
nanny de maroon
Mary Seacole
quotes
“carving out me identity”
what is important in the stanzas about black history
free verse
unconventional form to write unconventional ideas
Italics
Missing words
what is Dialect
is when we use different words
Blunt alliteration
“Bandage, up me eye with me own history
Blind me to me own history”
