Comment on the experiences portrayed in the poems studied. You should refer to language and poetic techniques. 'Sonny's Lettah' by Linton Kwesi Johnson who is West Indian and 'Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka.
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Have a little read: ... Comment on the experiences portrayed in the poems studied. You should refer to language and poetic techniques. The poems I have studied are 'Sonny's Lettah' by Linton Kwesi Johnson who is West Indian and 'Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka. The theme of both of the poems is based on racism. The language used in both of the poems is Standard English, dialect, onomatopoeia and symbolic. Johnson's poem is about a man writing a letter to his mother to inform her about the racist attack on his brother and himself. He describes how they ended up in prison. Telephone conversation is about a West African, who finds it difficult to find a house for rent. While he is trying to talk to a landlady to rent her house, over the telephone, finds that the conversation changes to his background and colour, which is effectively racism. Both poems are based on racism but different kind of
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