English Commentary

The title of the poem makes us think that this poem is more or less distance and separation. Africa is metaphorically represented as a feeding beast: the tawny pelt of Africa. In the second accented pattern Walcott uses simile to give the comparision between Kikuyu(Kenyas approximately thickly settled ethnic group) and flies: Kikuyu, quick as flies. whence Walcott repeatedly uses the metaphor to describe the bloodstreams of the veld. We can assimilate the image of Africa with the dead bodies which are fragmented by means of a paradise. In the undermentioned promissory note we are told nearly the squirm which was described as a colonel of carrion(anthropomorphism). The military language is in like manner important. Perhaps Walcott is suggesting that the worm is a symbol o f the military colonisers who benefit from suffering and death. Here, Walcott also uses technique called alliteration: Colonel of carrion, cries. scourge no compassion on these separate dead! could be easily said by a literal colonel in a compassionless army. After ecphonesis in the previous line Walcotts worm changes his trace:Statistics justify and scholars seize/The salients of compound indemnity. Walcott uses alliteration( Statistics, scholars, seize, salients) here. He wants to show how inhumane the colonial policy actually is. He does this through his wide language choises. Walcott uses emotively supercharged verb hacked to show the horrors of colonialism. In add-on he uses simile expendable as Jews which reminds readers to the highest degree the ocassions in 20th century. In the next line we are told about cries! of a wading birds-ibises. The military force of beast on beast is read/As rude(a) law . This statement appears simple but it is made subtle by the way in which Walcott has already used metaphor to show...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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