GREAT JOB ON THIS POEM. YOU ARE SO GOOD AT WHAT YOU DO. I was preparing a lesson regarding this poem and this perspective came to mind. Symbolically, the match represents the struggle between the whites and the black and how the blacks rebelled against their colonizers. The park is named after a slave called Sabina, who killed her child to avoid a life of slavery. She was sentenced to be executed by the orders of the court and buried on the very same land. Ironic the line “Not the game they play at Lords,” perhaps referencing the courtroom who dealt the hand of Sabina and had her sentenced to death. (In court, a High Court judge is addressed as My Lord or Your Lordship if male, or as My Lady or Your Ladyship if female.) The fact that the persona is a white spectator among so many blacks could represent the ratio of slaves to the white men during the rebellion. Also the so-called aggression and excitement in the game represents the disposition of the ancestors during the rebellion. The play on the word rosette - The great house at Sabina Park was named Rosemount. This symbolizes possibly the ancestry of the Persona. Therefore, the arrogance and superiority he felt entering the park could possibly stem from the knowledge of his ancestry. Or confirming his race. The word 'park' when researching the history of Sabina Park was referred to as “ a cattle pen or land in an enclosure”.This could be a possible connection between this and the line , “are caged vociferous participants, quick to take offense.” This symbolizes the position of the slaves caged in enclosed plots of land on the plantation.
I'd say yes, black people can be racist But in this case the spectator was not discrimiting based on color but because of how the english were playing, When the spectator asked the player if the English dont play as they used to, could mean that he had experienced them playing well which again would prove that it's not race but just how they were playing. (That's just my thought tho) Thanks for this analysis it has helped me to understand the poem better
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Would you say that there is a contrast between stanza 1 and Stanza 6 as it regards to the rosette of the skin.. He was wearing it proudly, but in the end was skulking?
That's a pretty good question. Seeing the speaker's tone of frustration and seeing how he feels as if the West Indians abuse him, perhaps he is soliciting sympathy from us. Alternatively, he might want us to understand that be has learned his lesson. He now realizes the difference between how cricket is approached in the West Indies and in England.
