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The word Half-Caste here means a person who his/her parents are from different colour race. The poet is trying to show to the reader through his poem that how stupid and ridiculous people are to judge a person who is different than others, making the person feels left out or anonymous to the society. .
             The poet also uses metaphors to describe what is a Half-Caste without being racist, for example "Yu mean when Picasso mix red and green is a Half-Caste canvas". He is trying to tell that whatever type of person you are, if you are mixed, you are still as the same as other people and therefore should be treated equally. The poet chooses Picasso because he is one of the greatest painters in the world and no matter which colour Picasso choose the end results will be beautiful. .
             The poet uses also the repetition of "wha yu mean when yu say half-caste" in his poem to indicate that he does not believe that people should be labelled as a Half-Caste and he also want to show his anger about calling people Half-Caste. When he said "an mix a black key wid a white key is a half-caste symphony", he is referring to if black people mixed with white people they would make a loving and beautiful society.
             Towards the end of the poem, the poet is trying to tell the person who is saying he is a Half-Caste to realise that no matter what you are you should not be labelled and that you should feel the same as other people and not feeling separated. He uses humour dialect to tell to the person that he would not be a friend with the person who does not think highly of himself. "I"m sure you"ll understand why I offer you half a hand" this suggests that the poet has ironically mutual disrespect of the person who thinks he is a half-caste in the handshake.
             "An when I sleep at night I close half a eye consequently when I dream I dream half a dream" this is one of the ridiculous view of a half-caste is. He also suggest to the person to come back tomorrow without feeling half-caste and to think highly of himself and then the poet will be friends with him and will tell him his other half of the story.


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