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Using any literary or linguistic approach with which you are familiar, write about how the impressions of the speakers are created in the poem 'No Dialects Please' by Merle Collins.
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Task: Using any literary or linguistic approach with which you are familiar, write about how the impressions of the speakers are created in the poem 'No Dialects Please' by Merle Collins. The poem takes the form of a reply to a competition "looking for poetry of worth" but the entry requirements, to the discus of this writer who is of African origin, state they must use "NO DIALECTS PLEASE". In response the poem is written in the African accent, using phonetic structures of words, and including dialectical vocabulary but still containing a point both strong and emotive giving the poem the ability to fit the requirement for, "poetry of worth for a writin that could wrap up a feelin an fling it back hard with the captive power to choke de stars". This is done in the poem, which tells of the writer's feelings due to the suggestion that a dialect could...
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