Stylistically, the poem will be explored on the following levels It not only discusses the brutality of the British towards Africa, but also depicts that the victims of colonialism become brutal and savage as well. The poem is Walcott’s rejection of British colonial ideology. The poem is set in early 1950s, during the British colonial regime in Kikuyu, and the subsequent Mau Mau rebellion by the natives.
The poet’s affiliation with the African people can be understood from the fact that he has ancestral lineage in Africa. The poem depicts the British colonization in Africa and gorilla up rivals in Kikuyu, a state of Africa (presently Kenya). This paper aims at carrying out a stylistic analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem, A Far Cry from Africa.
It observes the writer’s choice of words, formation of sentences, usage of figures of speech, the sound patterns and how these elements cohere with the theme of the poem. Stylistic analysis deals with analyzing the underlying patterns that make up a text. Stylistic Analysis of Derek Walcott’s poem, A Far Cry from Africa
