Poetry from

Around the
World
What do you remember about
the slave trade from last lesson?

Bullet point everything you can

remember.
 Limbo, Lesson Two

Learning outcomes:

Identify language devices

Analyse language devices
Evaluate the effectiveness of language devices
To complete a PEELS paragraph on the poem ‘Limbo.’
Match the devices and write them down – you are then to
try and find another example of each technique.
Did you get
them right?

What were
your other
examples?
You are to complete the following table looking at the
effect of the language devices on a reader.

Quotation Effect on a reader

‘Limbo Stick’ The stick is a symbol for …

‘dark’ and ‘silence’ The words are used to show…

‘long dark night’ Gives the idea of …

‘Music is saving me’ Shows that …

‘up up up’ The words towards the end of the poem

may mean …
 What did you come up with?

Quotation Effect on a reader

‘Limbo The stick is a symbol for …

Stick’
‘dark’ and The words are used to show…
‘silence’
‘long dark Gives the idea of …
night’
‘Music is Shows that …
saving me’
‘up up up’ The words towards the end of the poem may
mean …
 You are to answer the following paragraph using a PEEL structure:

How does the poet use poetic devices to explore the feelings of slaves?

Sentence starters if you are stuck:

•P – The poet, Braithwaite uses the language device ____ to
show the feelings of the slaves as ____
•E – This is best shown through the quote “____”
•E – This shows/suggests/implies ___ to a reader because
_____
•L – The language device ___ reinforces the feelings of the
slaves as ___ because ____
• You are to swap books with your partner and give them 2 stars and a wish for
their work.
• Have they:
• Included a relevant language device?
• Included a relevant quote?
• Analysed the impact of the language device on a reader?
• Evaluated how effective the language device is?

• Which part do you think is their strongest (star) and which is their weakest?