Legacy of Derek Walcott and his Works

Derek Walcott is known for his excellent theater and poetry, as awarded the Nobel Prize and as a prominent Western Indian writer. Many times, his theme is beyond the traditional boundaries of race, place and language separating from all over the world. Derek Walcott intends to explore the intercultural ethnicity, politics, power, and regional history. Death in the city and abnormality from Africa are two samples of many poems he wrote. These are from his first collection of verses published in a book entitled "On the Green Night" (Davis 78).

But when he grew up, people could clearly see that Derek Walcott developed his own unique writing style. Most of his work reflects the cultural differences between the spirit of the West Indies and the people of the area. In his poem, Walcott also deals with anger, injury, and indignation related to colonialism. His personal experience has become part of the West Indian. He not only has a cultural gap between the Caribbean people but also revealed some internal confrontation within each of these islands. Walcott has exposed his cracks in some form with almost every poem. This division within Derek Walcott was discovered where his own beliefs conflicted with his ancestral beliefs. This confrontation caused many of the pain he expressed in his poem. Walcott's "Cry from Africa to afar" is a typical example of his work.

Derek Walcott was born in the city of the Caribbean, St. Lucia. Most of Derek's poems are based on various races, rulers, civilizations. His style is reflected in this poem. Because it develops mainly in corrupted or decadent society. The poem title "Ruins of a large house" indicates that something was destroyed or corrupted. And he may refer to the traces of the farm. In addition, a large house indicates that the house may belong to the royal family and the rich, it is also considered as a metaphor of death. The theme of this poem is corruption, short lived, classical civilization, social class