Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Nothings Changed :: Afrika Culture Cultural Poems Poetry Essays
Nothings ChangedIn nothings changed Afrika describes the cultural deviation betweencoloured people and whites. He represents this by using numerous differentpoetic techniques, he does this by emphasising that there is acultural difference between them, he shows this by using a weevillage in Africa called district six.The Title of the rime suggests that when the whites destroyed Districtsix and built a new village, for coloured and whites to mix, it didnot work. He shows this with the feeling of being unwelcome, in thevillage that engagementd to be his collection plate when he was a child. In this poem thecultures are divided because of wealth and power.In stanza 1, Afrika clearly builds up a sense of his anger at thecontinuing injustice. As he walks through District six, once sofamiliar to him, he feels an outsider. He begins his poem with shortmonosyllabic explicates, elfin round stones, which adds a feeling ofsharpness to the tone which suggests his anger. In addition, th eonomatopoeia word click emphasises his anger because of his sharpaggressive ck sound. second he begins to use harsh and aggressivewords, for example the word thrust is a very harsh and unwelcomeword, and it sounds very violent and aggressive. In this poem Afrikauses the symbolic representation of weeds as the weeds are unwelcome, the weeds andAfrika are equal because they are unwelcome as they are bothoutsiders.Afrikas hate for what he believes it continually discriminated,this it shown as a symbol with the whites only youth hostel, Afrika uses aword brash which shows his vulgar, garnish and ostentations intoappearance. Also alliteration is utilise in guards at the gatepost withits aggressive g sound, to reveal how intimidating it feels.Secondly there is a sense of unwelcome ness this is symbolised withthe imported trees, menus and sumptuosity foods additionally there isrepetition of the word glass this symbolises a rampart physical andpsychological as he is not allowed in. I n the poem nothings changed, Afrika compares the working-mans cafeto the up-market restaurant. He compares the imported trees, menu, tothe cheap and basic cafe, this is shown by when he says we know wherewe belong, and this says that he knows that he cant go into theup-market restaurant because of laws and feels that he doesnt fit inthere. Also in this stanza there is also a symbol its in the bone up,this symbolises that his culture is inside like it is imbedded insidehim, he also shows this by saying wipe your fingers on your jeans it
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