Checking out me history

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Free verse

Question 2

Dem

Answer 2

Dem tell me

• Colloquial language
• verb “tell” is repeated throughout the poem
• “Dem” could mean government, education, etc

Question 3

Bandage up

Answer 3

Bandage up me eye with me own history
Blind me to me own identity

• Juxtaposition
• Symbolism (they want to blind him to his own history)

Question 4

I carving

Answer 4

I carving out me own identity

• Juxtaposes the first couple lines
• He is finding out who he is, bit by bit