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Comparing how the poets Levertov andBrathwaite use poetic techniques to convey ideas about belongin
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Comparing how the poets Levertov and Brathwaite use poetic techniques to convey ideas about belonging to a particular culture Both poets Brathwaite and Levertov describe how people belonging to a culture are changed by a more powerful culture. This is done in both poems by an amount of force. There are symbols and powerful techniques to bring you into this. In the poem 'Limbo', unable to protect and defend themselves, the West Africans find themselves exploited by the Europeans. Clearly, poetic techniques and structure are used to convey and influence the meaning of the poems. In the poems 'Limbo' and 'What were they like?', the poets create powerful symbols which can convey a range of key ideas. Levertov focuses on how the people of this particular culture live before and after the war. Both Levertov and Brathwaite focus on personifying his surroundings, possibly to make the anger he feels more real....
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