The poem is a metaphorical depiction of a nation as destroyer of the dreams and aspirations of her citizen. The nameless nation referred to as ‘the Land’,is likened to different predatory animals. It is likened to ‘a giant whale’, which swallow other water creatures alive to satisfy its own hunger and sometimes greed and leaving […]
CONTENT ANALYSIS. Birago Diop is a poet who is conscious of the continuing presence of the ancestors of the symbolic and meaningful expression of their experience which they have left in the elements around us. In this poem, there is a warning that if we fail to heed to the voice of the ancestors we
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(I) Features of unseen poem (ii) The unseen poem must be short (iii) Use simple language. For example I hear a sudden cry of Pain! There is a rabbit in a snare Now I hear the cry again But I cannot kill from where But I cannot tell from where He is calling
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1a. Features of unseen Prose Features of unseen prose (i) Suspense: This technique involves the creating of expectation through deliberate delay of information. It is commonly used to provoke reader participation. (ii) Flash back: This is a narrative techniques use to bring into focus earlier occurrence in the course of a chronological
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