Marcia Douglas Electricity Comes To Cocoa Bottom Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom takes the reader on a journey of light‚ from the flicker of the firefly in rural Jamaica‚ through the half-moonlight of the limbo of exile in the USA to the point of arrival and reconnection imaged by the eight-pointed star. It is also a journey of the voice‚ traversing back and forth across the Atlantic and across continents‚ pushing its way through word censors and voice mufflers and ending in tongues of fire
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ocoa Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom – Essay There are several literary techniques that are used in this poem such as “lamps…Oil” this is very ironic because they have brought old technology to come and see the new technology being unveiled. Also the fact that they are “waiting for sunset” is ironic because they are replacing natural light with artificial light. Near the beginning there is a Simile used “Cable was drawn like a pencil line across the sun” This uses one of the main themes of the
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snarled and rattled‚ snarled and rattled.” The assonance emphasizes the sound of the sawing machine. The cutting noise of the saw is compared to a wild animal‚ like a tiger‚ which shows a personification. Both words “snarled” and “rattled” resonate with sound and fury. Repetition is also used in “Electricity comes to Cocoa Bottom” to represent an unusual‚ exiting moment‚ making the reader wants to continue reading. „As soft as chiffon curtains: / Closing. Closing” The repetition of the ´s´ sound makes
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notes on electricity comes to cocoa bottom- the poem captures the reactions of the community to the arrival of electricity in cocoa bottom‚ a developing village in the caribbean islands. it starts with the childrens perspectives- creates connotations of childish reactions from the village and a sense of wonder and excitement. ’grannie patterson...peeped’ creates sense of community as involves all generations within the community‚ builds sense of anticipation. ’drawn like a pencil line’ portraying
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and contrast the presentation of the poets’ attitudes to progress in Unknown Girl and Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom. People have been thinking about what ‘progress’ means for hundreds of years. We normally associate it with positive impacts and things changing for the better‚ which the majority of the time is correct. Edward E Cummings once said ‘Nothing recedes like progress.’ and in the poems ‘Unknown Girl’ and ‘Electricity Comes to Cocoa Bottom’ the poets agree with this statement. Alvi and
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Electricity comes to cocoa bottom and an unknown girl notes to help on coursework. An unknown girl A traditional indian market scene‚ set in the evening‚ it was to hot to have markets in the day‚ lit up with neon lights She tries to capture the moment‚ she is getting involved in the culture by having her hand hennad. It is a darker shade of your own skin‚ suttle. She is watching this girl ‘icing my hand’(verb(icing)) ‘in the evening bazaar for a few rupees’ india money Unknown girl
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was awarded a Ph D in African American and Caribbean Literature in 1997. Visit Marcia Douglas’s website: www.marciadouglas.com or see http://www.peepaltreepress.com/author_dis play.asp?au_id=17 The poem is set in Jamaica‚ in a town called Cocoa Bottom. People‚ both adults and children‚ have travelled from far and wide to see the switching on of Mr Samuel’s electric lights as it is a momentous occasion. It seems almost as if it is a magical event that even nature is anticipating and waiting to
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Electricity and magnetism are two different aspects of one force. This force is called the electromagnetic force. Electricity can be generated by rotating coils of wire in the vicinity of a magnet. When a force moves objects toward and away from each other it is called electricity. When it comes to magnets‚ Earth and other planets behave like giant magnets. The first know magnets were iron materials. If one piece of the iron was placed in contact with the other‚ it attracted it. In ancient times
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Disobedience has been involved in human society since the very beginning. To some people‚ disobedience is only seen as a detriment to society and progress but that’s just not true. Disobedience is a valuable human trait that promotes social progress because disobedience allows us to learn from the actions of the deviant‚ get results that wouldn’t be possible with obedient means‚ and it gives others examples of bad behavior and the consequences of acting that way. Disobedience allows us to learn
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How does the poem “The poet as Hero” suggest a change in attitude by the poet? Siegfied Sassoon’s poem ‘ The Poet as Hero’ was written during World War One and explores how the reality of war differs from what those who have not experienced it think and tell what war – and dying for one’s country– is glorious and honourable. Sassoon wrote romantic war poetry before he had experienced war and uses this poem to explain why he started writing anti-war poetry and to try and apologize for his former
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