Using the poems- 'Telephone conversation' by Wole Soyinka and 'Nothing Said' by Brenda Agard, compare and contrast the themes, the use of language and structure and effectiveness of the poet's message

... Using the poems- 'Telephone conversation' by Wole Soyinka and 'Nothing Said' by Brenda Agard, compare and contrast the themes, the use of language and structure and effectiveness of the poet's message Wole Soyinka, a Nigerian, and Brenda Agard, a West Indian, are both black poets. They want to portray their views and beliefs on colour prejudice. Although the poems are written in different decades they have many other similarities in the theme and message. 'Telephone Conversation' was written in the 1960s. Peoples' views, beliefs and opinions about colour prejudice were different then from in the 1980s, when 'Nothing Said' was written and different again from nowadays, the early 21st Century. During the forty-year period, from the 1960s to 2004, there has been a huge change. Youngsters today will have a different response to both poems, as compared with those in the 1960s and 1980s. Today is different, as, in

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