The Gap between Two Generations in Selected Poems by Jackie Kay
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https://doi.org/10.31185/lark.Vol3.Iss46.2605Keywords:
Jackie Kay, family relationship, gap, generations, mother.Abstract
This research explores how Jackie key presents family relationships and the gap that exists between two generations; that of parents and of children. Despite the fact that there is compassion and love in these relations but still the gap cannot be denied. It is too deep to a degree that it causes a lack of communication. Using humor, native language, and racism, Kay has intensified the struggle between what represents the past and the present. The poems discussed are: "“My Grand-mother’s Houses”; “Keeping Orchids” ; “Lucozade”; “Bed”; “Divorce”; and “Gap Year”.
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