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Comparison of theme and language in "Old Father" by Hugh Boatswain, and "Island Man" by Grace Nicholas.  

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The first poem "Old Father" is written by the Hugh Boatswain, describing the experience of the man, over the period of the time who came from the Caribbean to the England in 1950s and had the experience of joining the new culture firstly he couldn't forget the feelings of his past place, and was so depressed but as the time passed he decided to mix in the British culture and forgot his culture. The second poem "Island Man" is written by the Grace Nicholas; describing the feelings of the man over the period of the one day who has been lived a long time at the island when he was in the Caribbean and when he came from the Caribbean into the England, he still remembers the past place feelings. They both poems are related from the same culture, which is "Caribbean culture". In the Old Father, Boatswain expresses in the...

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