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America in the Caribbean
As Seen Through the Eyes of Derek Walcott and Mighty Sparrow
No one piece of art stands completely alone. ...
In the Caribbean two men stand out as masters in their artistic fields. The calypsonian, Mighty Sparrow and the poet Derek Walcott have both touched upon numerous aspects of Caribbean life. ... Alone, Walcott’s poem “Midsummer” and Sparrow’s song “Pan Man” each illustrate Americans in the Caribbean, but if read together light is shed on the American experience from two angles, thus unfolding another layer of each artists work.
The language used in Sparrow’s song “Pan Man” is very conversational, and written partly in a dialect.
Listen to de rhythm
Listen to de beat
Look at all dem women
Jumping in de street
The use of “de” emulates the Caribbean accent. This is how the words sound when spoken on the street, and it seems fitting that Sparrow would use this dialect since his subject deals with a party “in de street. ... Sparrow does not allow one to overshadow the other.
Walcott’s language, on the other had, is very formal and carefully constructed proper English.
Approximate Word count = 898
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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