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Africville - Maxine Tynes

Lara V

Updated Sept. 24, 2013

Transcript

Personification:

"We mourn the burial of our houses, our church, our roads..."
Gives life to the town itself and shows that the buildings were significant to the residents

Imagery:

"This park is green; but Black, so Black with community."
Tells the reader that the community was all one race but the scenery is like any other community

SETTING:

Mid 1900's
Mental picture of the town
Physically and spiritually

ISSUES BASED QUESTION

STRUCTURE / FORM

4 stanzas
Messy;
No set patterns or rhyme scheme
Stern, serious
No set structure
Not stable, like the lives of the people who lived in Africville
Choppy sentence structures
Could represent the speaker being uneducated
Stanzas get dramatically shorter
Symbolizes abrupt end of Africville

The idea of separating humans due to natural origin is against human essence and the progress of civilization.

THESIS STATEMENT:

TITLE:

"Black so Black" is used to describe the community; who they are
Everyday plain language is used
Africville is repeated to give emphasis
Has a deep meaning

Afric - Africa
Ville - Village
Small community of African Canadians segregated from the rest of society

SENSE TO SOUND:

Speaker:

First person
Personal
Biased
In depth description of the situation
Most likely former resident of Africville

SPEAKER AND TONE:

Tone:

Sad, angry, mournful
Hopeful, proud of their heritage

STYLE / SPEECH FIGURES

Metaphor
"...always carrying Africville on our backs..."
Demonstrates that the citizens will always have the spirit of Africville in them
Shows the burden that comes with being considered a minority

Cacophony:

"I talk Africville"
Blunt words are used to emphasize the harsh situation

Africville - Maxine Tynes

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