My coursework is to juxtapose two poems from 'Text from Other Cultures'. The two poems that I am going to compare are 'Old Father', written by Hugh Boatswain and 'Islandman' written by Grace Nichols.
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My coursework is to juxtapose two poems from 'Text from Other Cultures'. The two poems that I am going to compare are 'OLD FATHER', written by Hugh Boatswain and 'ISLAND MAN' written by Grace Nichols. In my coursework the following targets are going to be covered: Use of Language, Theme of poems and comparing and contrasting both poems. The different Caribbean poets wrote these two poems. The poems have brief description about the comparison and the contrast between England and Caribbean Culture. 'OLD FATHER' and 'ISLAND MAN', is about two old men that are missing their motherland so much. They are missing the country so much that they have dreams about it. They both can feel that they are missing out on the atmosphere, environment and people. They have been in England for such a long time they are being to forget were they have come from....

