Analysis of Kofi Anyidoho’ Go tell Jesus
GO TELL JESUS – KOFI ANYIDOHO“GoGo tell JesusThat his messengers have comeBut have forgotten all his wordsAsk him if he said Men are all equal or men are un –…
GO TELL JESUS – KOFI ANYIDOHO“GoGo tell JesusThat his messengers have comeBut have forgotten all his wordsAsk him if he said Men are all equal or men are un –…
I WILL PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME – LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR I will pronounce your name Naett,I will declaim you Naett ǃNaett, your name is mild like cinnamon,It is the fragrance in…
It’s The Constant Image Of Your Face By Dennis Brutus It is the constant image of your face framed in my hands as you knelt before my chair the grave…
Ambassadors of poverty- A poem by P.O.C Umeh Ambassadors of poverty areThe corrupt masters of the economyWith their head abroadAnd anus at homePatriots in reverse orderDetermined merchants of lootsWho boost…
AN ABANDONED BUNDLEBy Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali The morning mistand chimney smokeof White City Jabavuflowed thick yellowas pus oozingfrom a gigantic sore. It smothered our little houseslike fish caught in a…
STRUCTURE OF THE POEM The poem is a 35-line poem with 7 stanzas. It is a panegyric that praises an individual who has just reached the ripe age of eighty-five.…
Hearty Garlands By S.O.H Afriyie For a person who has lived as longAnd one who, as well, has done much As youLife’s whole process blooms into stark beautyAnd failures give…
Breast of the Sea By Syi Cheney-Coker After our bloody century, the sea will groanunder its weight, somewhere between breasts and anus.Filled with toxins, her belly will not yield new…
POETIC DEVICES 1. Simile “Beat him soft like clay” (l. 2) 2. Hyperbole “Booted the whole house awake” (l. 9) 3. Rhetorical Question “What business of mine is it/so long…
THE POEM Not My Business by Niyi Osundare They picked Akanni up one morningBeat him soft like clayAnd stuffed him down the bellyOf a waiting jeep. What business of mine…