March 08, 2018
QUESTION:-Examine The Persona's View Of Aging In The Panic Of Growing Older.ANSWER:-Lenrie Peters is one of the big names in West African poetry. His contributions have promoted West African poetic styles.In his poem "The Panic of Growing Older", he concerned himself with the expected achievement associated with each stage of human life. The poem is a bit similar to William Shakespeare's Ten Stages of Man; where Shakespeare portrayed the sequences...
Showing posts with label Lenrie Peters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lenrie Peters. Show all posts
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Thursday, 4 May 2017
May 04, 2017
samueldpoetry
fence, Lenrie Peters, Simple, summary
No comments
According to an intelectual source, "The poem is a moral one which deals with the poet's dillema. He recounts the "dim" past and juxtaposes it with the future. The future is misty and foggy, and for this reason, he cannot possibly guess what the future looks like, neither can the past proffer any solution. In line 10-12, the poet recalls another striking phenomenon which is a contributing factor to the problem he is facing. This time,...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)