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Poetry Comparison of 'I Shall Return' and 'War Photographer'.
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... Poetry Comparison of 'I Shall Return' and 'War Photographer' McKay and Duffy come from two very different backgrounds, one being a Jamaican immigrant and the other a Scottish teacher, yet both of their poems seem to amalgamate under the same theme of alien and residential cultures combined. 'I Shall Return' is a lyrical sonnet and details McKay's wish to return to his home of Jamaica. The first couplet shows the writer in an ironically optimistic state. Despite the fact that leaving your home in the early twentieth century usually meant that you would never return, he is determined to believe that he will revisit his homeland again. This is put across by McKay using repetition in, "I shall return again. I shall return." The second line further concludes this in that he uses fond memories to bring his dream, clearly stated in the opening line, alive. "Wonder-eyes" is a wonderfully descriptive phrase
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