checking out me history

Question 1

'’but now i checking out me own history i carving out me identity’’

Answer 1

‘but’ connective - usd to tie together black and white history = they cant be seperated and black history cant be ignored, this volta marks turning point in poem as speaker switches from referring to ‘dem’ to ‘i’. shows taking ownership of own identity and making poem about himself

‘carving out’ active verb, ongoing process, painful conntoations. he feels pain at having his identity withheld from his for so long.

no punctuation even at end of poem showing hes not going to let himself be restricted by education system