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English Essay Analysis of Grace Nicholls' poem "Childhood" Grace Nicholls was born in Georgetown, Guyana in 1950 and educated at St. Stephen's Scots School, PPI High School, and the University of Guyana. She worked as a teacher, freelance journalist and Guyanese Government employee before moving to Britain in 1977. She is regarded as the most authoritative voice among contemporary black women poets in Britain. "The Fat Black Woman's Poems'" which she wrote in 1984 uses humour to deconstruct a racial and sexual stereotypes, this poetry collection is where the poem which I am going to analyse "Childhood" came from. Childhood is about the poet reminiscing about her childhood in her home country, she is telling us about the community she lived in and the fishing industry that she was involved in. How they killed the fish and how her religious background has affected her life in her new country. She is telling us...

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