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Documentos de Cultura
Limbo
Tells of a journey on a slave ship from Africa to America. Written like a song, with a chorus in italics. This gives it a distinct rhythm. The mood changes through the poem from confusion and fear to hope. It reminds us of the limbo dance, which is very difficult as the dancer tries to bend under the limbo stick, but easier on the way back up. How is this linked to the ships journey?
Nothings Changed
Someone walking through District Six (an area of Cape Town, S.Africa), years after growing up there. Narrator recalls a time of Apartheid and the segregation of black and white people. He is angry that there is a whites only restaurant and feels that, after all these years, nothing has changed - that racism still exists.
Island Man
Tells of a man who has moved to London from the Caribbean, but misses home. First half of poem are his memories/dreams of home. Then we have the much louder sounds of London. The colours mentioned are brighter in the first half. In the end, he seems to accept that this is just the way it is.
Blessing
Tells of an incident (maybe real) in Bombay, India a pipe bursting, which suddenly provides free water to the people living in poverty around it. Water, because it means so much (especially if you consider the heat), is compared to a God and a precious metal. The mood is temporarily very happy everyone tries to get some of the water. The ending is more uncertain, or a little bleak, as we know things will return to normal for them.
Vultures
The poet describes two vultures how they eat the corpses of other animals, yet also seem to live together as an affectionate couple. This situation is compared to that of a Nazi commander murdering people in a concentration camp during the day, yet becoming a loving father in the evening. The poem asks us to consider whether evil exists in all of us, or if even the most evil beings are capable of love.