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Grace Nichols grew up in Guyana in the Caribbean. She now lives in England.
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Grace Nichols grew up in Guyana in the Caribbean. She now lives in England. In 1987 a hurricane hit the south of England. Hurricanes are relatively common in the Caribbean, but extremely rare in England. In this poem a woman feels the power of the storm and is reminded of her home in the Caribbean. She experiences the storm in a mystical or religious way; calling to the West African gods of storm and hurricane and asking questions about the meaning of things. The questions are mysterious - symbolic? In some way the storm sets her free and helps her to feel more at home in England. Hurricane = a very violent storm Hurricane Hits England Why is she not close to the landscape? Rage (below) is a metaphor for the force of the storm, but might other anger be referred to? ancestral = belonging to or...
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