Starter quiz
- Match the summary with the poem.
- Nichols' 'Island Man'⇔The speaker feels out of place and is dreaming of the Caribbean. ✓
- Blakemore's 'Peckham Rye Lane'⇔The speaker is thinking about the multiculturalism of London. ✓
- Antrobus' 'Jamaican British'⇔The speaker is questioning their dual heritage and identity. ✓
- 'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of ______.
- 'belonging' ✓
- Imagery of the sea might suggest ideas of which of the following?
- love
- peace ✓
- freedom ✓
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- 'The set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person' is the definition of ______.
- 'identity' ✓
- 'The organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth' is the ______.
- 'womb' ✓
- An emerald has connotations of which of the following?
- value ✓
- health ✓
- love
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Exit quiz
- When comparing poems, it's useful to imagine poets in ______ with each other.
- 'conversation' ✓
- 'The history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society' is the definition of ______.
- 'heritage' ✓
- Match the pairs of quotations taken from Nichols' 'Island Man' and Blakemore's 'Peckham Rye Lane' together.
- "surf"⇔"jellyfish" ✓
- "wombing"⇔"comfort" ✓
- "emerald"⇔"rainbow" ✓
- 'Relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a society' is the definition of ______.
- 'multiculturalism' ✓
- 'A very slight difference in appearance, meaning, sound' is the definition of ______.
- 'nuance' ✓
- Arguably, words such as "choose" in Antrobus' 'Jamaican British' suggest a sense of ...
- peace and acceptance.
- internal conflict. ✓
- freedom.
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Key learning points
- When comparing poems it's useful to think of the poets as in conversation with each other.
- Blakemore presents a community that is stronger due to different cultures in 'Peckham Rye Lane'.
- In contrast, Antrobus depicts his struggle to gain a sense of belonging in 'Jamaican British'.
- Nichols presents a character who longs to be more in touch with his cultural heritage in 'Island Man'.
Common misconception
That comparing poems means focusing on their similarities.
The most effective comparisons look for subtle differences within wider similarities.
Keywords
Multicultural - relating to or containing several cultural or ethnic groups within a society
Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group
Heritage - the history, traditions, practices etc. of a particular country, society
Identity - the set of qualities, beliefs, personality traits and appearance that characterise a person
Nuance - a very slight difference in appearance, meaning or sound
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