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Poetry Analysis of: Limbo, Blessing, and Half caste
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Poetry Analysis Coursework Chosen poems: - * Limbo * Blessing * Half caste Edward Kamau Brathwaite: Limbo I have chosen four different poems of which come from varying cultural backgrounds and have a moral. I will now explain how the writers present their ideas and give the readers an insight into different cultures. Limbo is a poem, which shows us the feelings of slaves on slave ships written by Edward Kamau. This poem tells the story of slavery in a rhyming, rhythmic dance. It is ambitious and complex. There are two narratives running in parallel, which are, the actions of the dance, and the history of the people, which is being enacted. The poem shows a lot of repetition of phrases such as 'Limbo Limbo like me, Limbo Limbo like me'. This expresses that the phrase is dominant enough to be said twice. The poem has a very strong beat, suggesting the dance describes: where the word...
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