The Coming o Yams and Mangoes and Mountain Honey

The Coming o Yams and Mangoes and Mountain Honey

1. Language Devices

   • Rhyme
     • "papaw" and "mascaw" in lines 8 and 9.
       • This is in order to add a positive rhythmto the poem
   • Metaphor
     • "Carubbean hills have moved"
       • Introducing new tastes to the British society
     • Mango soaked in sunshine"
       • Creates imagery
   • Simile
     • "Congo-peas like warny pearls"
       • "Pearls" connotate beauty and wealth
       • Gives value to food- richness
   • Use of Colours
     • Shows a positive celebratative tone which are connotations of food festivals where cultures come together to enjoy eachothers dishes
       • "green football"
       • "fleshy green"
       • "Big Brown O's"
       • "Black Molasses"

2. About the Poet

   • Berry's writing often "explores the relationship between black and white communities
   • James Berry is a Jamaican poet who settled in England in the 1940s
   • His works also evoke the Carabian immigrants views towards Britain and British Society

3. About the Poem

   • Berry shows contrast in a very discreet manner
     • "Breadfruit a green football"
       • Constrasts the Caribbean's love for food and England's love for football. This brings the cultures together which is what the whole poem is about.

4. Structure

   • The poem is written in 12 stanza with 45 lines
     • The lack of sturcture could be an implication of the ability to eat whatever and whereever you want

5. Analysis

   • Repetition of "Caribbean hills have moved and come"
   • "Red buses pass for donkeys now"

6. Tone

   • Throughout the poem, the tone is very positive however there is an obvious change in tone in lines 42 and 43.
     • This could be because

7. Alliteration and Unpredictible Collocation

   • "Handful Hold Hidden Sunset
     • The unpredictible collocation doesn''t sound right, this puts an emphasis on the contrast of the two countries that have similarities however they have their own specialities
   • COLLOCATION: sequence of words or two words that often go together

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