Question

Reread lines 1-12. What is the speaker emphasizing by repeating the word somewhere? How does the repetition of this word choice affect the meaning and tone of the poem? Support your answer with explicit text evidence.

Answer 1

Repetition is the technique of repeating the usage of same word ,sound or idea to create the overall effect of the Poem.In this poem Walcotts talks about his experience of living in America.He Discovers the fact that living in America is comparatively harder in America than in Saint Lucia.

Explanation:

Repetition is the technique of repeating the usage of same word ,sound or idea to create the overall effect of the Poem.

In this poem elsewhere the poet Derek Walcott make use of repetition technique to show the effect of war.

In this poem Walcotts talks about his experience of living in America.He Discovers the fact that living in America is comparatively harder in America than in Saint Lucia.

Repetition of a word image in a poem indicates the readers of the poem in other words  it shows them  the importance of the repeated part  and also makes it easier to recall  the instance of the poem.

Also the repetition technique highlights the theme of the poem.The text evidence  from the poem(Tone of the poem)

Somewhere there is the conference rage

at an outrage. Somewhere a page

is torn out, and somehow the foliage

no longer looks like leaves but camouflage