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Analysing poems - Another life and the Lament of the Banana man.
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Analysing poems The poems I have chosen to write about are Another life and the Lament of the Banana man. The style of writing in each poem is very different but the contents are very similar. Both poems are complaining about their new life in a place like Britain and how they wish they could be back in Jamaica. These two poems are written by black people and they both include situations of racism. Here are my views of the two poems: - The title Another means to me a different time or place a different way of living a completely different way of LIFE. The first verse is about the happy days back in his "OLD" life. He starts off the verse with "Remembered in flashbacks particular flavours or smells" This means that he remembers the old days and remembers the life's smells or flavours. This gives the impression that...
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