Starter quiz
- Which key themes does the 'Worlds and Lives' anthology explore through its collection of poems?
- identity ✓
- prejudice ✓
- war
- nature ✓
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- If something is portable this means ...
- it remains unmoving
- it can be easily moved ✓
- it's a smaller version of something ✓
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- When a direct comparison goes on for multiple lines, stanzas or even the whole poem this is known as ...
- extended metaphor ✓
- enjambment
- hyperbole
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- ______ is the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, or society.
- 'Heritage' ✓
- Liminality is ...
- the state of existing within or having some relationship with time
- movement from one country to another
- occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold ✓
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- The action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people is known as ...
- migration
- integration ✓
- positioning
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Exit quiz
- Match the keywords with their definitions.
- portable⇔light and small enough to be easily carried or moved ✓
- heritage⇔the history and traditions etc. of a particular country or society ✓
- integration⇔successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people ✓
- metaphorical⇔something used symbolically to represent something else ✓
- Which key themes does 'A Portable Paradise' touch upon?
- power
- migration ✓
- identity ✓
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- Which words from 'A Portable Paradise' may suggest a sense of prejudice?
- "concealed" ✓
- "ridges"
- "empty"
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- Which of the following associations would we make with the idea of heritage?
- identity ✓
- prejudice
- family ✓
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- Arguably, the title 'A Portable Paradise' can be read as an ______ for the speaker’s Trinidadian heritage
- 'extended metaphor' ✓
- Which word from 'A Portable Paradise' suggests the speaker doesn’t have a strong connection to the wider community?
- "they" ✓
- "grandmother"
- "my"
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Key learning points
- Robinson moved to Trinidad aged four with his Trinidadian parents and then returned to England after fifteen years.
- Arguably, the title 'A Portable Paradise' can be read as an extended metaphor for the speaker’s Trinidadian heritage.
- Robinson might be suggesting that our 'portable paradise' provides an internal hope when life is difficult.
- Robinson may also be referencing the struggles of migration through the poem and the pressure to integrate.
Common misconception
That the idea of "paradise" is the same for everyone.
We all have our own concept of what "paradise" looks like and what it might mean in terms of our memories and connections to the world.
Keywords
Portable - light and small enough to be easily carried or moved
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, or society
Integration - the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people
Metaphorical - something used symbolically to represent something else
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