Comic characters in this poem include Maljo, an aspiring politician who is known as "Professor Static" because of his broken syntax during campaign speeches. In the final book of this poem, the title 
Comic characters in this poem include Maljo, an aspiring politician who is known as "Professor Static" because of his broken syntax during campaign speeches. In the final book of this poem, the title character renews the narrator's faith after guiding him to the Pool of Speculation. The second book of this poem describes how Afolabe is renamed because of his bravery at the Battle of the Saints. Throughout this poem, a character who drives a van called the Comet and a character who owns a boat with the misspelled motto "In God We Troust" fight for an arrogant maid who serves the Plunkett household. In the sixth book of this poem, Ma Kilman heals the wound of Philoctete, and Hector's death is mourned by Achille and Helen. For 10 points, name this epic poem which adapts the Iliad to the island of St. Lucia, written by Derek Walcott.
Comic characters in this poem include Maljo, an aspiring politician who is known as "Professor Static" because of his broken syntax during campaign speeches.
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