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Checking Out Me History
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What is the opening line of the poem?
Dem tell me
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What is the name of a technique when a line is repeated like a chorus?
Refrain
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What does eurocentrism mean?
focusing on European culture or history to the exclusion of a wider view of the world; implicitly regarding European culture as pre-eminent
10
Which two historical nurses does Agard reference?
Mary Seacole/Florence Nightingale
15
What motif is repeated throughout the poem?
vision
15
What is a motif?
a recurring theme/idea
15
What is the name of the poet?
John Agard
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Where did the poet grow up?
Guyana
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Finish the quote "Dem tell me about 10____ and all dat"
1066
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What year was the poem published?
2005
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What is the name of the Trinidadian traditional music in which the poem is performed in?
Calypso
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Which structural technique (which means the line carries on) is littered throughout the poem?
Enjambment
15
How does Agard use structure to compare historical Black figures with eurocentric ones?
Consecutive rhyme
15
"Bandage up me eye with me own history" is a...
metaphor
10
Name one of the things Toussaint Louverture is compared to.
beacon/thorn
15
What does the speaker to do their own identity on the last line?
Carve it
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