What are your impressions of "Nothing's Changed".
Member rating: No Rating | Words: | Submitted: Thu Mar 11 2004
On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:
What are your impressions of "Nothing's Changed" Nothing's changed is a very intense poem, it is showing the black boy's feeling towards what he is seeing and experiencing during his life. The poet tells the reader how he's angry due to the attitude towards black people. There are many violent and physical emotions in this poem. He makes the words and phrases come to life, for example "small round hard stones click" and "cans trodden on, crunch" by using this technique a physical response is brought into the poem. This feeling of conflict and physical tension makes the reader feel on edge. It makes the reader feel like tension is building. The poet tells the reader how he knows he's in district six by "the soft labouring" of his lungs and "the skin" about his bones, also "the anger" in his eyes. Anger and physical tension are very important in this...


