Starter quiz
- Which of the following is an accurate summary of Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'?
- The speaker is experiencing internal and external conflict over their identity. ✓
- The speaker feels secure and comfortable in their identity.
- The speaker is explaining how they are proud of their dual identity.
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- 'What word beginning with 'C' is a pair of successive rhyming lines, usually of the same length'?
- 'couplet' ✓
- 'The set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person' is the definition of your ...
- intelligence.
- identity. ✓
- ideas.
- idleness.
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- What word beginning with 'E' means the continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet?
- 'enjambment' ✓
- What might multiple caesuras suggest in a poem?
- a sense of uncertainty ✓
- a sense of progression
- a sense of freedom
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- Which word beginning with 'H' means 'the history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society'?
- 'heritage' ✓
Exit quiz
- Which of the following words from Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' imply a sense of feeling incomplete?
- "half" ✓
- "mule" ✓
- "privileged"
- "passport"
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- 'Saying what you think directly without trying to be polite' is the definition of being ...
- 'blunt' ✓
- Originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and love consisting of rhymed couplets' is the definition of a ...
- 'ghazal' ✓
- In Antrobus' 'Jamaican British', the speaker's family in Jamaica say they are __________ to have someone British in their family.
- "proud" ✓
- "upset"
- "privileged"
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- Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' is written in the form of ...
- a sonnet.
- a dramatic monologue.
- couplets. ✓
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- The word "caste" from Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' comes from the Latin 'castus' which means ...
- purity. ✓
- judgement.
- hybrid.
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Key learning points
- The repetition of “Jamaican British” could suggest the speaker having to constantly define themselves.
- The use of “half”in the poem could mean that they don’t feel as if they fully belong somewhere.
- The use of shifting pronouns in the poem could reinforce the idea of feeling out of place.
- However, there are also moments of acceptance within the poem.
- The final phrase “Jamaican British” could signal that the speaker has accepted their dual heritage and identity.
Common misconception
That there is one accepted interpretation of a poem.
People may interpret and respond to poetry differently because poetry is, at its core, about emotion and we all have different emotion responses to stimuli.
Keywords
Identity - the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person.
Ghazal - originally an Arabic verse form dealing with loss and romantic love consisting of rhymed couplets.
Blunt - saying what you think directly without trying to be polite.
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices, etc. of a particular country, society.
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