Poem
Accents
| Title | Accents |
|---|---|
| Author | Nithy Kasa |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets | 2019 | Print Anthology | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #2846
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2019 |
| Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 60 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Anthology |
| Notes | The speaker of this poem gives an account of her difficulty in learning and speaking English as a new arrival to an English-speaking country. The physical description of changing the 'body' of her accent- wearing a corset, bleaching her skin - gives an indication of the difficulty many immigrants and refugees feel when they come to a new country and have to learn a new language in order to integrate into society, especially in terms of gaining social acceptance, captured in the line: 'they will know you got here by boat not by bicycle'. |
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