"Listen Mr. Oxford don" 2c by Trine Jellum Jensen https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c en-us 2017-10-03 12:48:11 UTC 2025-06-14 20:24:32 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 1: https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193781691 Message: Don't put immigrants in a box. Not all immigrants are criminals. He feels attacked by society and tries to make the english language a part of his own identity. Segregation. 
Structure: Four to six verses in each stance. 8 stances. Introduces himself in the beginning, and goes deeper to general problems later on. ]]> 2017-10-04 10:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193781691 Group 6: repetition and irony https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193781718
there is repetition in many places in the text, but mainly in paragraf 2, 5 and 7, where he talks about himself and others like him.

The whole text is build around irony. The irony is that he uses poor grammar and syntax, despite being a renowned poet. He shows that a perfect language is not required to get a message across.



]]> 2017-10-04 10:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193781718 Group 2: Rhythm and rhyme https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193782115 - Anaphora Verse: 3
- Repetition Verse: 2, 5,
- End rhyme
- ABAB rhyme Verse: 3
- AAAA rhyme Verse: 2,
- AABB rhyme Vers: 1, 4, 
- ABBA rhyme Vers: 5, 

]]> 2017-10-04 10:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193782115 Group 7: Themes https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193782217 Acceptance vs discrimination
- He accepted that he is a simple immigrant from Clapham Common. He has accepted himself. He calls himself a peaceful man
- But they still accuse him of assault and he says that they want him to serve time.

Peace vs violence
- Use of words with powerful meanings related to violence such as "hammer" "mash" "knife"

English culture vs immigrant culture
- the poem suggests that the English people always see themselves as better than any other culture

Breaking the norms


]]> 2017-10-04 10:38:56 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193782217 Group 4: Language :) https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193784119 Language:


Vocabulary: 
  • He uses slang.  fx. “de” instead of “the” and “ent” instead of “ain’t”
  • Although he uses words like “Suffix” he still uses slang words like “wit”, “mih” “yu”.
  • Broken english. We believe that he speaks english fluently, but uses broken english to prove his point 
Grammar:
  • He uses slash as an enter. There are no commas or full stops/dots. Though he uses correct apostrophe and word order. His sentences doesn’t make sense because of his vocabulary, and therefore missing word sometimes ex “I bashing future wit present tense”. Here the word “am” is missing, and should be placed behind “I”. (And wit = with) 

Sentence structure: 
  • He sometimes split up the sentences with / but leaves out commas and periods. 
  • The effect is that it sounds more like a rhythm. 
  • He uses backslash when he uses the word “split”, where he ironically splits up the sentence when saying “split”.
]]> 2017-10-04 10:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193784119 Group 5. https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193785029 5. Imagery (Metaphors, alliteration, contrasts, symbols)
Metaphor:
Oxford don = the educated englishman $$

Allitteration:
“Rhyme too riot”
“Clapham Common”
“I slashings suffix in self defence)

Contrast:
6. Assault + dictionary
1. Graduate + Immigrate
7. Human breath + dangerous weapon

Personification:
7. Armed with human breath

Symbolism:
Clapham Common = a peaceful place


]]> 2017-10-04 10:50:22 UTC https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193785029 Group 3 https://padlet.com/trinejellum/Listen_Mr_Oxford_don_2c/wish/193785105 THE PERSONA

The writer of the poem, John Agard, is also the persona of the poem, making it a first person speaker. We know that the persona is an immigrant, from line 2 and 5 where he says: “Me a simple immigrant” and “I immigrate.”  Mr. Oxford Don, the person the persona is speaking to, gives the poem a contrast, portraying a more educated man, warning him, that the persona is not dangerous even though the general prejudice tells him so. This can be seen in line 29-30. The poem is spoken in low tone.


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