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CSEC English B - Poetry
CSEC English B - Poetry
Nature, Doom, Experiences, Africa, Destruction, Fear, People, Children, Man vs Nature
Hypocrisy, Dreams, Wishes, People, Changes (people and the world), Maturity, Adaptation,
Childishness, Innocence, Appearance vs Reality, Childhood, Western Values, Regret, Purity,
Deceit, Wishing for Life to be Different (14 may 2008), Duplicity of Modern Man, Life and
Its Experiences, Interpersonal Relationships
The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed Her Son- Lorna Goodison
Motherhood, Hope, Dreams, Death, Sadness, Poverty, Crime, Gun Culture, Paternal Truism,
Expectations, Mother’s Love, Experience, Treatment of Women, Violence
Love, Patriotism, Internal Conflict, Hopes, Desires, Divided Loyalties, Romantic vs Patriotic
Love, Relationships
Race, Ethnocentrism, Racial Pride, White Privilege, Sports, Contrast (Language and Culture)
Race, Alienation, American Values, Culture, Truth, Identity (and Race), Introspection, Life
Myths, Supernatural Phenomena (they allow explanations for inexplicable events and allow
humans to blame mythological creatures for the world’s faults)
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Common Themes Poems in which Common Themes are Present
“Ol’ Higue
Love and Family “The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed her
Relationship Son” by Lorna Goodison