Essay About Dear Queen And Dear Empty Spaces

Jacob Slr English Quotes
Jacob Sam-La Rose – revision
Things to cover in the exam
structure
theme
title
imagery
subject
lexis
voice
form
specific linguistic features
sound devices
Talk This Way
I N T R O
Talk This Way is all about how Jacob Sam-La Rose has been influenced by the sounds he heard when growing up, and how this has reflected on the way he speaks today.

These influences come in a variety of different forms, from both his time in London, and also his contrasting time in his hometown of Guyana.
Q U O T E S
“Dear raw, unfettered music of my motherland”
‘Dear Queen’s best”
“cool and clipped as seams pressed sharp in spite of noon day sun, high in a Guyanese sky.”
“in the bones of flying fish and guava cheese”
“Dear music melting in the cauldron and pit”
“dear empty spaces, dear silence”
“thank you for your many tongues, now to find my own”
L I N K S
Link to Make Some Noise “for her, it wasnt music” – difference is all sounds arent appreciated in Make Some Noise, whereas they are in Talk This Way
“dear empty spaces, dear silence” – link to After Lazerdrome – “drowning in silence – also link to the whole collection of Breaking Silence
“dear raw, unfettered music of my motherland” link to Afterlazedrome “the naked beat and bass” both very raw
Magnitude
I N T R O
The poem ‘Magnitude’ is all about trying to make ideas that would usually be seen as abstract more concrete, and easier to grasp.
This is what Jacob Sam-La Rose attempts to do in the two halves of the poem.
In the first half, Jacob Sam-La Rose uses a comparison of rice grains to help us understand the