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Compare "Nothings Changed" with one other poem showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the particular cultures and traditions that they are writing about
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Compare "Nothings Changed" with one other poem showing how the poets reveal their ideas and feelings about the particular cultures and traditions that they are writing about Throughout Afrika's childhood he felt a deep sense of isolation, a factor to later influence his writing. Brathwaite didn't experience the same emotion, but the way he was treated when he was younger also influenced his writing. Afrika found out that he was 'black' at around 12 years old and felt bad for his fellow black men and women, and the way they were treated. The poem "Nothings changed" was written when he had discovered he was coloured and it is about him protesting and voicing his concerns and opinions for those worse off in society. The poet Brathwaite also writes for those mistreated by people in power, in his protest poem "Limbo." It is about slavery and its effects on a society. As the...
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