Checking out my History-important

Question 1

Ideas:”i carving out me identity”
Personal pronoun
Colloquialism: he writes how he speaks: his regional dialect
“Mary seacole” “ fire-woman struggle “ “ a healing star”
Motif of light: black historical figures
“Star”: provides a source of direction. Divine characteristics someone might have
Form: rhyming quatrains

Answer 1

Context: John agard grew up in British guyana so received British education
His childhood was shaped by colonialism
Themes: light, historical references
Links: identity-London: individual identity taken by oppressor
Human control-London: powerless to the higher authoritarian power
Memories: ozymandias-memories about legacy