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Poetry from other cultures

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Poetry from other cultures: A comparison Theme/Tone The first poem Blessing is an ode to water. It celebrates the significance of water, but also express grief for the lack of water. "There is never enough water" Blessing shows the desperation of water in third world countries, As water is plentiful at the start, and the adults try frantically to capture it but in contrast the children express joy at the water." And Naked Children Screaming in the liquid sun" Ogun is a poem about someone's uncle who is carpenter and how modern world has destroyed his livelihood. It celebrates the Carpenters work but mentions how tragic it is that how the western society prefer modern day instant, cheap woodwork, compared to the beauty of handcrafted wood. An Old woman is about an elderly women who is a beggar clings onto this man, who thinks she's a nuisance as she wont leave him...

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