Analysing ideas of identity and cultural repatriation in khan's 'pot'
I can explain how khan uses language and structure to express ideas of identity and cultural repatriation.
Analysing ideas of identity and cultural repatriation in khan's 'pot'
I can explain how khan uses language and structure to express ideas of identity and cultural repatriation.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The speaker anthropomorphises the pot which creates an emotional connection to the reader.
- The poem arguably metaphorically considers the fears around identity of those with a migrant heritage.
- The irregular, fragmented structure of the poem could link to the pot’s feelings of displacement.
- khan arguably links the poem to colonial narratives of ignoring indigenous stories.
Keywords
Migrant - a person who moves from one place to another
Displacement - the feeling of being out of place
Colonialism - the process of one country taking over another and exploiting it economically
Repatriation - the return of someone to their own country
Diaspora - a population that is scattered across regions which are separate from its geographic place of origin
Common misconception
That analysing a poem's structure is boring and intimidating.
One way of looking at structure might be to imagine it as a heartbeat - why does the poem 'beat' regularly or irregularly? What emotion might that signify?
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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use of words, phrases or linguistic devices.
specific type of poem.
the way the poem is organised on the page.