The Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie Introduction The poem is like a moving van that plies the life span of humans from the days 0f the youth to the time when age comes knocking. It educates the reader on what happens at every stage of human life. From the exuberant youthful expectations… Continue reading Panic of Growing Older by Peter Lenrie: Analysis
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SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY: themes, structure, diction, mood/tone and poetic devices
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY THEMES Admiration and love: the whole poem is about admiration and affection for the poetic persona’s object of admiration. This admiration is illustrated by the poetic persona by juxtaposing summer’s day limitations to the efficiencies of his object of admiration. Nature’s cruelty: This is another idea that… Continue reading SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY: themes, structure, diction, mood/tone and poetic devices
Shall I compare too to a summmer’s day by William Shakespeare
SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER’S DAY BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Introduction The poem is a sonnet that proclaims the beauty of a person by comparing the person to a summer’s day and then describing how the person is better than the summer day. The metaphoric analogy gave life and style to the poem, making… Continue reading Shall I compare too to a summmer’s day by William Shakespeare
The anvil and the hammer – structure, mood/tone, diction
Love for African culture "Sew the old days for us, our fathers" depicts that the new African man still yearning for the aura of the original Africa custom and traditions. Thus, he pleads to the custodians of this disappearing African culture to teach them the old ways so that they, the new Africans who were… Continue reading The anvil and the hammer – structure, mood/tone, diction
The Anvil and the Hammer – Summary/Analysis
The Anvil and the Hammer If things were to turn around and time fly back, most Africans would refuse to embrace civilization wholly, but rather look at what it has to offer, and apply it in African societies. The poem, The Anvil and the Hammer by Kofi Awoonor, brings to limelight, in a poetic form,… Continue reading The Anvil and the Hammer – Summary/Analysis
AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI INTRODUCTION The poem is satirical in nature. It tries to expose the socio-political cum economic problems that Nigerians are facing. The poem points out how the dreams and aspirations of an average Nigerian is being thwarted by the political elites who plunder the nation’s resources to satisfy their selfish interests and… Continue reading AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is seen in the poem, dates from the advent of civilization to the modern… Continue reading The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
BIOGRAPHY The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell THE DINING TABLE Dinner tonight comes with gun wounds. Our desert tongues lick the vegetable blood—the pepper strong enough to push scorpions up our heads. Guests look into the oceans of bowls as vegetables die on their tongues. The table that gathers us is an island where guerillas… Continue reading The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS CLICK HERE TO READ GABRIEL OKARA’S BIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is… Continue reading THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
CROSSING THE BAR -Themes, poetic Devices
THEMES The poem is an eye opener on the reality that surrounds death. It lays emphasizes on the following themes: Grief free farewell: the poetic personae has it emphasized in the poem that no one should feel bad, cry or mourn when he dies. This is because he is going to see his creator in… Continue reading CROSSING THE BAR -Themes, poetic Devices
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