Grace Nichols Poems
Discuss the presentation of women in Grace Nichols poems. Use quotations to support your observations. Grace Nichols, and afro-american woman, lived amongst women which had to work and fight for a living. In her poems, she shows how her life was and how women had to live in those conditions. She shows many aspects of the life conditions. Firstly, Grace Nichols presents women as very hard-working and spiritually and physically strong. This is clearly shown in the poem "Those Women". For example, in the first line "Cut and contriving women", the poet wants to show that women had to do a great effort since the word "contriving" gives the idea of something hard and difficult to do. Added to this, in the first stanza, when she says "hauling fresh shrimps up in their sines", it is clearly seen that the women were physically strong since this was a tough work. Another good poem which shows the phys
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Approximate Word count = 612
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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