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walcot in the poem 'codicil talks about the sufferings of the caribbeans under colonization and post colonization.he relates experiences of the middle passage,uses the beach as a metaphor to recapture the past history of his people. imageries of elements of nature; fire, sun and moon are explored to relate the pains the poeple go through.he mentions the duality of the caribbeans who are neither here nor there,in between two cultures.he laments that the wrongs; subjugation, dehumanization and oppression melted out to the blacks can not be righted.
molly chiluwa from Nigeria