Compare and contrast the ways In which Grace Nichols represents The Ess

Compare and contrast the ways In which Grace Nichols represents The theme of slavery in her poems I coming back and sugar cane. The two poems written by Grace Nichols are similar because both of them are about slavery. But they are very different in some ways like "I coming back" is about getting revenge and "sugar cane" is about the suffering of slaves. The styles of the poems are different from each other. This essay will try to explore these poems similarities and differences. The two poems content is different but their subject is the same. The subject is about slavery but they are written in different ways. "I coming back" is about a slave woman who want's to take revenge on her master while she is living and, when she Is dead by the help of her spirit or ghost. She wants to terrorise her master while she is living and haunt him with her spirit or ghost when she is dead. She is shown as a powerful figure that wants to take revenge on her master for treating her as a slave and an animal. She is very threatening against her master this is shown when she says "Bone in yuh throat And laugh in yuh skull I coming back." (L: 17-19) Only this sentence shows how threatening the poems could be. She has used many threatening phrases another one could be "Ball-a-fire A skinless higue I coming back." (L: 11-13) She is very repetitive on saying "I coming back." This could mean she is keen on getting revenge. "Sugar cane" describes the slave as a weak harmless person. Also in her poem she describes the kind of diseases the slave get and how. She also describes the slave as a person who can't control his life and is controlled by the master. In "sugar cane" the slave is shown as a weak pe... ...ole. "Some Creole expressions are vivid and concise and have no equivalent English." Grace Nichols said this in her introduction. She means that Creole is used for fierce things that is why it is more obvious in "I coming back" then "sugar cane." "I coming back" is more fierce than "sugar cane" that is why it is more obvious in "I coming back." Conclusion The poem has many differences and similarities although the same writer writes them. I think they are more differences than similarities. I think "I coming" is more alive and vivid of the two. "Sugar cane" is more descriptive but sad. "I coming back" is more revengeful and violent. "I coming back" is more repetitive and has limited number of lines per stanza and it uses more Creole. "Sugar cane" has more personification and it uses folklore characters. The contents of the poems are different.