Compare and contrast the ways In which Grace Nichols represents The
theme of slavery in her poems I coming back and sugar cane.
The two poems written by Grace Nichols are similar because both of
them are about slavery. But they are very different in some ways like
"I coming back" is about getting revenge and "sugar cane" is about the
suffering of slaves. The styles of the poems are different from each
other. This essay will try to explore these poems similarities and
differences.
The two poems content is different but their subject is the same.
The subject is about slavery but they are written in different ways.
"I coming back" is about a slave woman who want's to take revenge on
her master while she is living and, when she Is dead by the help of
her spirit or ghost. She wants to terrorise her master while she is
living and haunt him with her spirit or ghost when she is dead. She is
shown as a powerful figure that wants to take revenge on her master
for treating her as a slave and an animal. She is very threatening
against her master this is shown when she says
"Bone in yuh throat
And laugh in yuh skull
I coming back." (L: 17-19)
Only this sentence shows how threatening the poems could be. She has
used many threatening phrases another one could be
"Ball-a-fire
A skinless higue
I coming back." (L: 11-13)
She is very repetitive on saying "I coming back." This could mean she
is keen on getting revenge.
"Sugar cane" describes the slave as a weak harmless person. Also in
her poem she describes the kind of diseases the slave get and how. She
also describes the slave as a person who can't control his life and is
controlled by the master. In "sugar cane" the slave is shown as a weak
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...ole.
"Some Creole expressions are vivid and concise
and have no equivalent English."
Grace Nichols said this in her introduction. She means that Creole is
used for fierce things that is why it is more obvious in "I coming
back" then "sugar cane." "I coming back" is more fierce than "sugar
cane" that is why it is more obvious in "I coming back."
Conclusion
The poem has many differences and similarities although the same
writer writes them. I think they are more differences than
similarities. I think "I coming" is more alive and vivid of the two.
"Sugar cane" is more descriptive but sad. "I coming back" is more
revengeful and violent. "I coming back" is more repetitive and has
limited number of lines per stanza and it uses more Creole. "Sugar
cane" has more personification and it uses folklore characters. The
contents of the poems are different.
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