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Derek Walcott's poem Ruins of a Great House follows the narrator as he walks through a decayed lime plantation in the Caribbean, built during colonial times. The poem's narrator related the decaying of the mansion and its grounds to its past of oppressive imperialists. This poem examines many deep topics, such as the consequences of colonisation, the moral and ethical entanglement with the oppression and enslavement of the African people, and British brutality throughout history. This poem also ...