day 3: caribbean poetry
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Day 3: Caribbean Poetry. English II: World Literature. So, like a diarist in sand, I mark the peace with which you graced Particular islands, descending A narrow stair to light the lamps Against the night’s surf’s noises, shielding A leaping mantle with one hand, - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Day 3: Caribbean Poetry
English II: World Literature
Warm-UpDirections: Annotate the poem and answer the
questions below.
1. What strikes you about this poem?
2. How would you describe the diction? List the most important words below.
3. How would you categorize the diction? Language of __________.
4. What is the poem about?
5. How is it different from other poetry of the Caribbean that we’ve read so far?
IslandBy Derek
Walcott
[for Margaret]
Merely to name them is the prose
Of diarists, to make you a name
For readers who like travellers praise
Their beds and beaches as the same;
But island can only exist
If we have loved in them. I seek,
As climate seeks its style, to write
Verse crisp as sand, clear as sunlight,
Cold as the curled wave, ordinary
As a tumbler of island water;
Yet, like a diarist, thereafter
I savour their salt-haunted rooms
(Your body stirring the creased sea
Of crumpled sheets), whose mirrors lose
Our huddled, sleeping images,
Like words which love had hoped to use
Erased with the surf’s pages.
So, like a diarist in sand,
I mark the peace with which you graced
Particular islands, descending
A narrow stair to light the lamps
Against the night’s surf’s noises, shielding
A leaping mantle with one hand,
Or simply scaling fish for supper,
Onions, jack0fish, bread, red snapper;
And on each kiss the harsh sea-taste,
And how by moonlight you were made
To study most the surf’ unyielding
Patience though it seems a waste.
Agenda• warm-up• literary terms/history
quiz• Seminar Prep: Small
group discussion• Seminar: Caribbean
poetry• Writing response
Seminar Expectations 1. All students speak at least once. 2. When someone is speaking, you listen.
3. When you speak, have textual evidence or specific examples to support your point.