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Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Theme of Brathwaite’s poem “Angel/Engine"

NEW LITERATURES IN ENGLISH
ASSIGNMENT FOR MEG –08
July 2016 & January 2017 Sessions

Programme: MEG
Assignment Code: MEG-08/TMA/2016-17

Max Marks: 100

8. What is the theme of Brathwaite’s poem “Angel/Engine”? Discuss in detail.

“Angel/Engine” is from the final section of Braithwaite’s 1977 collection Mother Poem. This section is entitled “koumfort” and in it’s the possibility of spiritual renewal is imagined. Coined from the Haitian Creole word for temple, the title of this section suggests ways in which African connections are preserved.

The “womanist” experience is central to this poem in which the first section mentions a series of relationships between women: the house belongs to the subject’s aunt, she was brought up by her “godma” and has a “foolish” daughter named “christofene.”

The poverty –stricken surrounding are evoked ........................................


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