Showing posts with label Jack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack. Show all posts
Monday, 13 February 2017
February 13, 2017
samueldpoetry
African Analysis, analysis, carnival, closes, Gallery, Jack, Mapanje, naijapoets
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Not all 14-line poem is a sonnet; and this one by Jack Mapanje is a good example. It is a free verse that centred on politics and leadership. The diction is quite simple and rurual-like in nature with a beach setting in terms of words like "bamboo" "dancers" "bonfire" and more.The voice of the poem foresaw what will become of the actions of a certain leader referred to as "brother". The voice of the poem also saw how the leader's colleagues will...
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