Knees spread wide and the water is hiding limbo limbo like me knees spread wide and the dark ground

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Knees spread wideand the water is
hidinglimbolimbo like meknees spread
wideand the dark ground is under
medowndowndownand the drummer is calling
melimbolimbo like mesun coming upand the
drummers are praising meout of the darkand the
dumb gods are raising meupupupand the music
is saving mehotslowstepon the burning
ground.

• Limbo by Kamau BrathwaiteAnd limbo stick is the
  silence in front of melimbolimbolimbo like
  melimbolimbo like melong dark night is the
  silence in front of melimbolimbo like mestick
  hit soundand the ship like it readystick hit
  soundand the dark still steadylimbolimbo like
  melong dark deck and the water surrounding
  melong dark deck and the silence is over
  melimbolimbo like mestick is the whipand
  the dark deck is slaverystick is the whipand
  the dark deck is slaverylimbolimbo like
  medrum stick knockand the darkness is over me

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Limbo

• FIRST READING
• Draw 2 circles SLAVE SHIP and MUSIC. What
  quotes relate to these areas in the poem?
• What journey does the poet go on in this piece?
• SECOND READING
• How does your understanding of limbo change
  over the course of the poem?
• What do we learn about the poets culture?
• How and why does the poet use images of violence
  and beating?
• Which of the religious images are the most
  effective?