The gap between two generations in selected poems by Jackie kay

Abstract EN

This research explores how Jackie key presents family relationships and the gap that exists between two generations; that of parents and of children.

despite the fact that there is compassion and love in these relations but still the gap cannot be denied.

it is too deep to a degree that it causes a lack of communication.

using humor, native language, and racism, kay has intensified the struggle between what represents the past and the present.

the poems discussed are : "My Grand-mother's Houses.