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‘Walcott is fascinated by the possibility, and the difficulty, of the metaphorical transformation of the world.’
In the poem ‘To a Painter in England’ by Derek Walcott, the poet, Walcott uses the strongly contrasting images from the hot, dry, Caribbean island he calls home to the cold, wet and urban landscape of an English city. ... Walcott displays a distinct change in opinion throughout the poem and seems to shift his endearment for his own country onto the English city where he seems to revel in the harsh change in season. The distinct difference from the vivid “prologues of spring” in England to the “desolation” of Walcott’s home can be taken on face value, however also as a reference to his lacking ability as a painter, especially in comparison to his counterpart Paul Gauguin, a French post-impressionist painter known for his use of lush colour.
In this comparison Walcott draws between himself and Gauguin he attempts to compare his lacking ability to capture any life in his work as a painter and makes reference to the colourless “roads are white with dust”.
Approximate Word count = 840
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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