Poetic Devices In Salute To The Elephant By Solomon Adeboye Babalola

The poem Salute To The Elephant was a Yoruba oral poem translated to English by Professor Solomon Adeboye Babalola (17/12/1926 - 15/12/2008). He was a professor at the University Of Lagos and among other things, he was for his love for ìjálá (hunters' song).Since this post aims at revealing the poetic devices in the poem: Salute To The Elephant; below are the poetic devices within the poem:1.SIMILEY is the use of like or as to create comparison....

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