checking out me history and london

Question 1

challenging those in power in checkin

Answer 1

dem tell me dem tell me - alliteration shows agression

italics when talking about black historical figures shows they were treated differently

Question 2

challenging those in power in london

Answer 2

charterd - repeated to show that every street is completely controlled

Question 3

pain and torture in checkin

Answer 3

bandage me eye - shows gruesome image of torture connotating the helplessness of the powerless. suggests insult to injury in the sense that the accused caused the blindness, then used the listener’s “own history” to cover up the blind eye. In all, the accusation is of a deliberate, cruel attempt to mislead. give him information of his own peoples

Question 4

pain and torture in london

Answer 4

mind forged manacles - shows torture from those in power. this is supported by the alliteration of m sounds

people in london are bound as lifeless and helpless prisoners to the monarchy and the “blackening church

you can link this to “in every infants cry of fear”

Question 5

how power is used in checkin

Answer 5

rhyme of balloon moon and spoon climaxes with the person called nanny de maroon. this also rhymes with an enjambment of the saying of waterloo and the great zulu

shows the overwhelming angers and that it forces the reader to combine both stories

doing this combines black and white history together showing one another as equal

Question 6

how is power used in london

Answer 6

repitition in every - shows everyone is truly affected by this