Dennis Scott was a Jamaican poet and actor. His best-known poem is ‘Marrysong,’ which currently features on the IGCSE syllabus. His most important poems were written in the post-independence period in Jamaica and are marked by his use of local dialect.
‘Marrysong’ by Dennis Scott describes the relationship between a husband and wife whose relationship is constantly shifting.
He never learned her, quite. Year after year
that territory, without seasons, shifted
under his eye. An hour he could be lost
in the walled anger of her quarried hurt
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