Cultural Difference Essay

Compare and oppose the Poetry of mob Berry and John Betjeman, with varianceicular reference to the heathen Differences. Refer to at Least two Poems by each(prenominal) PoetJames Berrys poems are compose from the perspective of a noblewoman named Lucy. Lucy moved to England because she had heard the streets were practically paved with gold there. She put outs letters to her conversance Leela in the form of poems. Lucy regrets her move to England in a passel of ways and finds it gloomy and cold.She misses Jamaica and doesnt genuinely like capital of the United Kingdom besides she is too proud to admit that, so her letters in any case deal a number of positive yet vain sounding points to the highest degree the advantages of living in England, such as, An doctors free. Lucy writes of how she has, turned a battery hen, in the poem Lucys Letters because she feels trapped in London. She was used to a relaxed and friendly way of life in Jamaica so the culture in London came as a big shock to her. London is a lot bigger and much less friendly than Jamaica. In Jamaica invariablyyone knows each other so Leela asked Lucy in a letter to her if shed ever met the pantywaist. Lucy is used to the unspoilt beauty of the Jamaican scenery so London comes as a big change. She happen upons it to Leela asA parishOf a pasture-lan what great(p) crisscross streets.In Jamaica Lucy could leave her door unlocked hardly write of how she cant do that in LondonI extract keys everywhereLife heres no opensummer.She sees the lifestyle as monotonous because every day seems the same. She feels in some ways that she doesnt really be persistent in London. In the poem From Lucy Englan Lady she describes the Queen as universe, Like she a space touris, because she is somewhat alienated from the occupy of the population. Lucy feels she can relate to her because she feels alienated too. Lucy ends the poem with the Jamaican proverb, Bird spill sweet for its nest, squiffying you shou ld stick to what youre suited to.When Lucy travels back to Jamaica, she realises it has changed and zip is as she remembered it. She is glad to come back but feels she doesnt really belong there either anymore. Some things like the lie, the sea and the proceeds they eat hasnt changedI eat a mango chthonic treeA soursop ripened for meA pawpaw kept.She appreciates the sun more after being in London for so long as well and she is pleased these things are as she remembered them. The landscape has changed but more importantly, the people choose too. Everyone she knew has changed and she is no longer friend with everyone. She writes rough her holiday in the poem From Lucy Holiday ReflectionsI seePuppa is clappers in the groun,Mumma cant see to climb mountnLan.She knew her father was dead but it doesnt really hit home until she sees it for herself because in her mind he was still alive. She uses personification when describing the landscape, writing, ample fig tree gone as ghost. The one thing that hasnt really changed is Leela who is just as she remembered her. She is glad they are still friends though, yet though Lucy has changed, finishing the poem by writingToo many another(prenominal) sea waves passed betweenUs, chile. Let us remind the other,Length of era gets length of rope buried.Betjemans poems are named after counties and describe the country lifestyle he was used to when he was younger. His county poems are written in two contrasting sections. In the poem Hertfordshire Betjeman writes of how he was do to join his fathers shooting syndicate. His father thought he was a milksop after he accidentally fired a gun into the ground, sayingHow many times must I rationalise?The way a boy should hold a gun?In the second half of the poem, Betjeman writes of how that large, open countryside has been replaced with rows of identical and box-like houses. He writes of how the old heartless churches and thatched cottages look, strange and ill. He sums this u p by writing, One cant be sure where London ends, this relates to an earlier line in the poem, denomination villages that used to be miles away from London which are now part of it. It caused his father great pain to see his son couldnt shoot, which contrasts greatly with the happy relationship between Leela and Lucy in Berrys poetry. Betjeman ends the poem with the wordsFar more would these have caused him painThan my mishandling of a gun.This mean even though he was upset that his son couldnt shoot, it would have broken his heart to see the Hertfordshire countryside had been urbanised. It is also ironic that the ones who appreciated it were also the ones who destroyed it for the next generation.In the poem Essex, Betjeman writes as he looks at a colour plate book. The book contains pictures of Edwardian England. Betjeman describes it as beingLike Streams the little by-roads runThrough oats and barley round a hillTo where blue willows catch the sunBy some whitened weathered board ed mill.