English 2310E Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Dear Mama, Bsc Young Boys, Linton Johnson
25 Mar 2017
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Mi revalueshanary fren and dread beat an" blood . Dread beat an" blood: same album cover, in front of the police station w/ megaphone, one of his most well-know poems, captures the meaning of ambiance, mood | the moods of community. Narrator"s experience is being described, however, sometimes it"s in multiples. Sometime direct, other times indirect as the individuals do not speak, instead their feelings are invoked: dread: important word, has its roots in rastafarian religious belief. Dreadlocks rastafarian religious movement provides meaning to dreadlocks. The hair is believed to be sacred, should be protected | a reference in the old testament, Nazareth laws: no razor shall come upon his head he should be holy, and let the locks of his hair grow, the bible. Multiple connotations via the english word of dread i. e. dreading something, an event: evoking several connotations, moods, listen carefully and decipher for yourself what meanings are playing in a poem.
