1. The Living Photograph by Jackie Kay Prepared by Miss Tang (Theo2015) 2. Stanza 1 Lines 1. My small grandmother is tall there, 2. straight-back, white broderie anglaise…
1. • Jackie Kay was born in Edinburgh in 1961 to a Scottish mother and a Nigerian father. • She was adopted by a white couple at birth and raised in Glasgow. • she…
POEM : THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH POEM : THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH BY : JACKIE KAY My small grandmother is tall there, straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt, pleated skirt,…
PERSONA The persona is the poet herself. Of mixed parentage, she had been adopted by a white Scottish couple, thus the reference to ‘black hand’. SETTING The setting…