Madagascar

The poem is formed by five stanzas. In this poem we find personifications, rimes, enjambement, cultural elements about Madagascar and strong vivid images. The personifications given by the verbs rule, signed, play (in this case jazz) is used to make a comparison by the culture of the Madagascar and the lemur life. The author choose this animal to represent this culture because as everyone knows the lemur is the characteristic animal of this country. Every verse ends in rhyme this is done to create a sense of narration in which the reader can identify sounds and movement. The enjambement is fundamental in because it gives more importance to the the last verse as a concluding statement and sort of amusing. It is amusing because it, as stated: “Like to see” is a generalisation but still is quite accurate. There are many cultural elements contained in the poem in regards to the culture of the Madagascar such as the description of their tropical forests: “creepy woods”, the number of the species of the lemurs in Madagascar as stated in the poem: "We find over 103 different species”, the description of the status of the lemurs as written in the poem: “Classified by the men as …show more content…
An important fact is given where does their names come from, latin which means spirits of the night, as the poem states: “People call them lemurs But who knows from where is comes?? It derives by an ancient language Latin: It means “spirits of the night”. The poem gives vivid images thanks to the strong adjectives used thought it. Some of this are the environment in which the lemurs live and their image as animals and personality. This is done by the many descriptions, fact and personifications. The objective of this poem is to give information about the culture of Madagascar using the animal that represents