A Comparison of two poems for different cultures
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A Comparison of two poems for different cultures I have read two poems "Nothing's Changed" by Tatamkhulu Afrika and "Two Scavengers in a truck, two beautiful people in a Mercedes" by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Both poets have very different styles of writing and views on how people form other cultures are treated. I will be comparing the two poems to find similarities and difference between them. "Nothing's changed" The poem "Nothing's changed" is about a man who returns to the wasteland that was once his home and relives the anger he felt when the area was first destroyed. The poem is a protest against a racially divided society. The man feels angry that the town has a new exclusive "white's only" restaurant that has a "guard at the gatepost" but still there is poverty around it, in the near by working men's café people have to eat without plates and off a plastic tabletop Despite...


