Interpretation of the Poem “Them and [uz]”
Interpretation of the Poem “Them and [uz]” In his poem “Them and [uz]”, written in 1987, Anthony Harrison envisages his personal struggle against the compulsions of his RP-speaking environment. He elucidates how he was compelled to substitute his natural accent by Received Pronunciation and describes the process of his later recalling to his language roots. […]
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Date: September 12th, 2023