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Compare the ways in which the poets protest about injustice in‘Not my Business’ and ‘Half Caste’
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Compare the ways in which the poets protest about injustice in 'Not my Business' and 'Half Caste' In the poem 'Not My Business' the poet is not so much commenting on injustice, he is waiting for it to happen to him. The poem starts off with violent verbs such as "beat", "stuffed". This shows us already that the message of the poem has something to do with violence and injustice. The title 'Not My Business' is ironic as in the end all that has gone on that "isn't his business" eventually happens to him and so becomes his business. This is known as a circular poem. It also has a sarcastic tone about how it is 'not my business' when really it is. In 'Half Caste' the poet is mocking the use of the word half caste as a derisive term. The first stanza is sarcastic and the message of the poem is...
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