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Always
like the futile march of crab-armies
from mangrove fortress to the beach

Always
like the palm-fringe waiting
to be breached

Already I know, the moment you land I
become islanded

In the shadows of the rain forest
I wait in submission

Amidst the trembling of the leaves
I practise hesitant discourse

Always
my impenetrable heart.

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- Free verse
- 6 Stanzas
- 14 Lines
- Poet uses enjambment (one line continues into the next).
- First lines of stanzas 1,2 and 6 start with the word 'Always'. The word is used to emphasize the continuation of repetition of the actions that follow in the proceeding lines.
- Stanza 1 and 2 are similes, as the poet uses frequency in the word always contrast the events in the proceeding lines.
- Lines 11 and 12 shows us that the poet is reserved and he doesn't speak without thinking clearly. Th poet is hesitant in his/her discourse, which proves that he thinks before speaking and that he/she is aware of what he says.
- Line 7, the word 'already' shows us that this is not something new for the poet, he/she has already experienced isolation and he awaits it as soon as the expected arrives.

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- Sad
- The mood of this poem is sad, the last line gives us clear indication of this, 'my impenetrable heart'. Even after all the indication of new discovery throughout the poem, the poet makes it known that all these discoveries have no effect on him, for his heart is impenetrable. Nothing beautiful or ugly has an effect on the poet.

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1. State whether the following statement is true or false, and directly quote from the poem to substantiate your answer.
'Postmodernism poetry in most cases can easily be identified as a reflection of the past.'
2. From the poem, what do the words 'breach' and 'beach' reflect?
3. Can this poem be identified as a Postmodern Reading of Visual poetry?
4. 'Already I know, the moment you land I become islanded'
What does the writer mean in the above mentioned sentence? Also, state how the theme in the sentence consists of postmodern literature effects?

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1. True , reason being that the  poem 'Discovery' represents historical events, for example colonisation. This can be seen in lines 9 and 10, ' In the shadows of the rain forest, I wait in submission'. These lines grant a past that was ominous and oppressive and the author presents this theme by putting an emphasis on the word 'shadow'
2. These words emphasize the fragility and fracturing effects of a feminized landscape and the sea in general.
3. Yes/True. The reason being that this poem has visual effects that can easily be identified by the reader, this can also be noticed through the rearrangement of the text (the structure of the poem) and the direct illustrations for example the author makes use of the theme of nature, which is considered as one of the most dominant themes presented by Postmodern Visual poets.
4. The writer exposes the degradation of the land, as a result of the colonisation process. In this case the author presents the theme of an 'Embrace of randomness'. This is normally used by postmodern works to reject the idea of absolute meaning and instead embrace randomness and disorder for the sake of emphasis.

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Olive Marjorie Senior (born 23 December 1941) is a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal in 2005 by the Institute of Jamaica for her contributions to literature.