1.) Who is the person in the poem? Look at the first four lines of the poem.What do these tell us about his/her attitude towards the people that she/he seeing?
– I think the Person in the poem is the Euporean. Her/His attitude towards to the people that she/he seeing it is a wistful because she/he showing a sad thoughts to the city and also how the people plundered the earth.
2.) Examine the first line(it is late in the hour of imperialism) more closely what does this line mean literally and figuratively?
– It Literally wants to gain the control of the areas in the world
-In Figuratively wants a powerful country and how will they chance or influence the way people live.
3.) Who are “the creoles,the Natives and the others?” Why are these terms especially significant in relation to the setting of the poem (Amsterdam,the capital of the Netherlands)? How is the persona related to these people? Is she/he one with them or on the other side? Justify your answer.
-The Creoles are the person who is mixed with a black descent in the caribbean while the Natives are the person who was born in a specified place and the Others. These 3 are the significant because they are the who cam relate in the Amsterdam.
4.) Metonymy |Synecdoche
-Nakedness | Plundred
-Diamond |Imperialism
– Posterities | Dank
5.) Look at the way the idea of nakedness and savagery is contrasted with clothing and chastity. What is the persona seeking to establish with this contrast? How is this connected to the people the persona encounters in the poem? Does he/she view clothing as something positive?
-It is Connected to the people who encounters in the poem. She/He viewed clothing because it is the characteristic of a civilization
6.Explore the literal and figurative significance of the last stanza. How can the memories of the Creoles, Natives, and Others lift a city like Amsterdam from the sea?
– at the last stanza it state that they been trying to walk on their past because they fail to remember all.But their lost memories help them to raised the city from the see.
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