If you're reading this, chances are, you've been subjected to the unfortunate torture that is the English B (comparative) poetry essay...

The presentations of nature vary across each of the poems above. In and of itself, nature is a concept that encompasses the Earth and all...

Themes for each poem (2018-2023)

(Download the pdf, it is better formatted than it is in the post below) A document with cross-analyses and comparisons between poems...

The persona seems to be moving out of a house after renting it for a five-week period. Now, all that remains in her space is an orchid in...

This is the Dark Time, My Love Martin Carter This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about. The shining...

Just as the title suggests, the poem is about a mirror in its many forms. It is written from the perspective of the mirror as it comments...

The 'Ole Higue' is a supernatural character found in Caribbean folklore. This nocturnal being is also called a jumbie, soucouyant and backoo

The poem is written as a harsh, but ultimately fair criticism of the atrocities of war. The poet wrote this whilst hospitalized after...

The persona (likely a young girl due to their attention to the details of the women's emotions) describes the beginning of birdshooting...

In the poem, the persona recalls a childhood where his parents kept him from 'rough' children.

The poem is narrating an interaction between a father and his son, who he has punished for playing in the rain. The little boy feels...

The persona is a negro student (the only one in his class) who is given an assignment by his instructor write a page that comes from within

In this poem, the persona is adulating the incredible power of God. He compares the glory of the Lord to an electric charge present...

The poem alludes to the story of Mary Magdalene in the Bible (John 8:3-11), highlighting themes of religion, violence, sexism and hypocrisy.

The persona seems to be a statesman (or some sort of stakeholder or representative of his country) who is accused of heartbreak by his lover

The persona is a young black male wishing for things he should have already been guaranteed for being a human.

In this poem, the persona seems to addressing a man who has taken a woman's son into a life of crime and gun violence. The history...

The persona is an Englishman who comes to Sabina Park to watch a cricket match between his home team and the West Indies team.

In the poem, the persona is reflecting on the island home of his childhood. He has travelled to many places, but appears to be constantly...