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Compare the ways in which poets present their ideas and attitudes in Vultures and Limbo.
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Compare the ways in which poets present their ideas and attitudes in Vultures and Limbo. * Limbo In this poem, Edward Kamau Brathwaite uses the game Limbo and limbo dancing to represent his memories of the slave trade. The poet uses the limbo stick to describe the action of the slaves: the stick is lowered towards the ground - the slaves are being forced down into the holds of the ship, becoming more down trodden as their lives are taken away. Also Limbo can be seen as a 'child hell' for un-baptised Catholics, the slaves on the ship feel as though they're in hell. Dancing beneath the limbo stick is used in representation of the slaves actually aboard the ship. Many slaves would die and a combination of luck, chance and determination decided who would survive, just as it is touch-and-go whether or not the limbo dancer will make it...
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