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In addition to ‘Island Man’ by Grace Nichols, I have also been studying, and have chosen to write about ‘Two Scavengers in a truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes’ by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Poetry Essay In addition to 'Island Man' by Grace Nichols, I have also been studying, and have chosen to write about 'Two Scavengers in a truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The characters of these poems are very different as they have different purposes, so they are portrayed to symbolise a certain topic of everyday life. In 'Two scavengers in a truck, Two Beautiful people in a Mercedes', Ferlinghetti uses the idea of showing everyday life by showing the inequalities between richer and poorer people in American society, by using the contrast of the two sets of people, the rich and the poor. Grace, on the other hand, shows how difficult it can be for an immigrant to leave their home land and settle into and urban environment, for example people from the Caribbean. The poets portray the characters in different ways to show emotions and also...
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