Friday, May 22, 2020

Comparative essay between two poems namely, Half - Caste...

Comparative essay between two poems namely, Half - Caste by John Agard and Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard. John Agard and Unrelated Incidents by Tom Leonard. You can clearly see before you begin to read these poems that they are set out differently to your average poem. For example in Unrelated Incidents that there are no more than four words per poem. The punctuation in Unrelated Incidents is based on the phanetic way of spelling, this means that you spell the way speak and pronounce words. The poems is also meant to be spoken in a Glaswegian accent. In Half - Caste it’s spelt and meant to be spoken in a Caribbean Patois. In both poems they’re defending the way that they are (The colour of his skin in Half - Caste†¦show more content†¦He says he is interested in the political nature of voice in British culture. The poem is carefully written in a phonetic version of the Glasgow accent. If you pronounce it exactly as its written, it should sound more or less like a Glaswegian voice. Tom Leonard has played with language in a number of ways, apart from the phonetic spelling: there is almost no punctuation, there are lots of slang and colloquial words like â€Å"scruffâ€Å" and â€Å"belt upâ€Å", the newsreader talks directly to the reader . Tom Leonard is arguing that this is the way the media thinks about him. He believes that the media see the viewers in Glasgow, or indeed the viewers in most other parts of Britain, as â€Å"scruffsâ€Å". Which isn’t fair and is a form of racism. The humour has a satirical edge, he uses humour to make serious criticisms. In the persona of the announcer he states that you wouldnt want him to give the news in any other accent or dialect, because you wouldnt accept that it was true, a voice speaking in a working class accent and using slang is given less credit and has less authority than a BBC voice. Halfe - Cast I think that the gentleman writing this poem (in a rather strange vernacular I own) is somewhat confused. To my mind half-caste refers to one born of two parents, one of a race where the predominant skin colour is black and the other typically white European, or whiteShow MoreRelatedA Picatrix Miscellany52019 Words   |  209 Pagesthe Fashioning of Images† VI. The Picatrix: Lunar Mansions in Western Astrology VII. W. B. Yeats and â€Å"A Vision:† The Arab Mansions of the Moon On Ritual and Talismans Picatrix Astrological Magic Aphorisms Extracts on Planetary Ritual Clothing Twenty Two Benefic Astrological Talismans Astrology, Magical Talismans and the Mansions of the Moon Ritual of Jupiter An Astrological Election of Mercury in the First Face of Virgo for Wealth and Growth XIV. Invocation of Mercury On the Decans and Tarot XV. XVIRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 PagesPerception? 166 Factors That Influence Perception 167 165 Person Perception: Making Judgments About Others 168 Attribution Theory 168 †¢ Common Shortcuts in Judging Others 170 †¢ Specific Applications of Shortcuts in Organizations 173 The Link Between Perception and Individual Decision Making 174 Decision Making in Organizations 175 The Rational Model, Bounded Rationality, and Intuition 175 †¢ Common Biases and Errors in Decision Making 177 Influences on Decision Making: Individual Differences and

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