The British Benjamin Zephaniah

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• Leerjaar 4

The British

Benjamin Zepheniah

About the Poet

What do you know about B.Z.?

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How many languages does our poet speak?

00:45

How many poems should you at least read in a day?

01:20

How does the poet describe his poetry?

02:02

Why does the poet prefer oral tradition over written publications?

1. Oral tradition is more direct.
2. Books can be burned, but oral traditions prevail.

02:26

What do you think a dub poet is?

03:24

Why did he become Rastafarian?

First reactions.
What is the poem about?

Back in History

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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

1. The Picts
2. The Celts
3. The Brittons
4. 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.

1. The Celts
2. The Picts
3. The Romans
4. 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?

1. Order of the British Empire
2. The NATO
3. British Order of Merit
4. The Commonwealth of Nations

Identify two (social) issues the text deals with:

What role does language play in the story?

Literary devices

Define "enjambment"

1. the repetition of sounds
2. the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break
3. the repetition of words
4. 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)

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