The British Benjamin Zephaniah
The British
Benjamin Zepheniah
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The British
Benjamin Zepheniah
About the Poet
What do you know about B.Z.?
How many languages does our poet speak?
How many poems should you at least read in a day?
How does the poet describe his poetry?
Why does the poet prefer oral tradition over written publications?
Oral tradition is more direct.
Books can be burned, but oral traditions prevail.
What do you think a dub poet is?
First reactions. What is the poem about?
Back in History
Why did he become Rastafarian?
Which kind of tradition does the poet prefer when it comes to poetry?
Celts
Silures
Picts, Celts & Silures
Who were were the indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages
The Picts
The Celts
The Brittons
The Belgae
Who is referred to as 'painted' (from Latin pingere 'to paint'. This is generally understood to be a reference to the practice of tattooing.
The Celts
The Picts
The Romans
The Silures
Roman invasion
Roman Conquest
((B)CE: Before Common Era)
Roman Britannia
Viking invasions (800-1100 AD)
Norman Invasion
What's the name of the former territories of the British Empire?
Order of the British Empire
The NATO
British Order of Merit
The Commonwealth of Nations
Identify two (social) issues the text deals with:
What role does language play in the story?
Literary devices
Define "enjambment"
the repetition of sounds
the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
the repetition of words
Attributing human qualities to non-human things.
Give an example of an enjambment
Find a metaphor in the poem.
What's another name for repeating a the s-sound (2nd stanza)
Did you like this poem?
How can you tell this poem is a RECIPE?