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(original poem in Jamaican patois)Wat a joyful news, Miss...
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(original poem in Jamaican patois)
Wat a joyful news, Miss Mattie,
I feel like my heart gwine burs
Jamaica people colonizing
Englan in reverse. …
[…]
For wen dem ketch a Englan,
And start play dem different role,
Some will settle down to work
An some will settle fe de dole…
[…]
Me say Jane will never fine work
At de rate how she dah look,
For all day she stay pon Aunt Fan couch
An read love-story book.
Wat a devilment a Englan!
Dem face war an brave de worse
But me wonderin how dem gwine stan
Colonizin in reverse.
[…]
(“translated” poem)
What joyful news, Miss Mattie,
I feel like my heart is going to burst
Jamaica people colonizing
England in reverse. …
For when they get to England,
And start to play their different role,
Some will settle down to work
And some will settle for the dole
I say Jane will never find work
Given how she is looking,
For all day she stays on Aunt Fan’s couch
And reads a love-story book.
Goodness me, England!
They faced war and braved worse
But I am wondering how they are going to stand
Colonizing in reverse.
Available in: https://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/colonization-in-reverse. Acess on: Jan. 30, 2026.
From a decolonial perspective, select the correct interpretation of the poem.
A
The lyrical subject is sorry at the thought of a possible reversed colonization of England by the Jamaican people.
B
The title suggests that the lyrical subject is attempting to overpower the English and reverse the colonial process.
C
The non-use of standard English indicates that the lyrical subject is not familiar with grammatical and spelling rules.
D
The new independent Jamaican people want to wage war on England in order to reverse the effects of colonization.
E
The non-use of standard English can be read as a decolonial posture by the lyrical subject towards English colonization.