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    An analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem "A Far Cry from Africa" on the influence of colonialism in his language Introduction The so called post colonial literature is actually a body of writings that aim to express response to colonization. Most topics and themes of post colonial literary pieces revolve around the issues demanding freedom of the people from political and cultural colonial rule. Post-colonial literature also attacks literary works insinuating racism or colonial hints. Recently

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    A Far Cry from Africa By Derek Walcott Derek Walcott was a black poet writing from within both the English tradition and the history of his people. The speaker is conflicted‚ on the one hand he loves his native homeland in Kenya and he does not want to see his people being slaughtered and treated the way they are now. He also loves his English home‚ but if he stays in Britain‚ He feels that he is letting down his people by not going back to his native homeland to help with defending Kenya from

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    Derek Walcott‚ a poet and Dramatist‚ was born in 1930 in Saint Lucia. As he was belong to both African and European roots he identifies himself as a mongrel. This mixed heritage makes him able to identify the post colonial situation more effectively and successfully. He was awarded for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. In the poem A Far Cry from Africa the poet ironically describes how he rejects the British culture and the colonial ideology. The poem A Far Cry from Africa belongs to

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    The poem‚ A Far Cry From Africa‚ by Derek Walcott‚ is that of the poet’s indecisive feelings towards his motherland of Africa compared to the English in him. Derek Walcott is a poet who is mixed race; both sets of his grandparents were mixed color marriages. This background on Walcott is what gives the poem depth‚ as it is in the first person from the point of view of Walcott being the narrator‚ and it deals the Walcott’s duel identity and the proceedings of being two races. From research on Walcott

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    he was a painter (Burnett 16). He comes from a family of European and African ancestry‚ which lived in Saint Lucia‚ a former British colony. His family loved poetry. While his father was a composer‚ his mother preferred performing it around the house. His childhood experiences can be discerned from his poems. His experience of colonialism and his interaction with the English language and poetry at home shaped his life’s work (Fludernik 303). In the poem “Midsummer" he posits‚ “the gift of poetry

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    Descriptive and comparing ( using examples Joseph wright) Lyrical ( Rejoice Rejoice) . The language is also emotive as the poet is speaking about his personal feelings towards the ocean „ i never tire of the oceans quarelling“. The overall tone of the poem is melancholic and mysterious‚ especially as they are dealing with the ocean and its beauty. Content : This particular verse focuses on comparing the oceans quarelling to different things: the first few lines are example of what the quarelling ocean

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    Kameelah Watley ENG 2250-101 Bradley Joseph 3/16/2013 A Far Cry From Africa: Divided Loyalties Derek Walcott’s “A Far Cry from Africa” is a representation of ethnic strife and divided loyalties that are communicated through the referencing of the Mau Mau Uprising‚ which is essentially an amplification of the speaker’s internal conflict in regards to his mixed heritage. "A Far Cry from Africa" cannot fully be understood without examining it through a Marxism perspective‚ which illuminates

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    In the poem “XIV”‚ Derek Walcott takes his readers on a journey in which he uses symbolism‚ imagery‚ and other poetic devices to describe the speaker’s transition from the “unknown” to acquiring knowledge with the help of an elderly storyteller. Through the poetic devices Walcott uses‚ the reader can convey the speaker’s development of maturity from his childhood to adulthood by listening to the wise‚ elderly woman’s stories of the Caribbean. Walcott uses imagery to set a dark‚ intimidating mood

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    "All the generations Before me" is a poem written by Yehuda Amichai. The Poem is of Nazi period. The poet expresses his feeling which he experience during that period. Yehuda Amichai is a German Jew whose family fled the Nasis and emigrated to Palestine in 1936. The poem talks about the Nazi regime and the period. He fought the World war II and the Israeli war of Independence. | He has written novels and plays and has taught from time to time in American Universities. He is known for his

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    Derek Walcott is a very famous and important poet and professor who had a huge impact on the theme of colonialism and post colonialism. Winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Literature‚ he was born in Castries‚ Saint Lucia‚ the West Indies‚ on January 23‚ 1930. Walcott himself and his family‚ were part of a minority in his island which was dominated by the catholic culture established during the French colonial rule‚ this will really have a big impact on the poet`s style and poems. He later attended

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