Analysis Of No Coffin No Grave By Jared Angira

The SummaryThis poem is about the shameful murder of a tyrant. He was stabbed and shut in front of a night club; the poet sarcastically compared his murder shut to a gunshot representing a last respect to a warrior. Instead of the poem being a pure elegy, the poet created a sarcastic elegy...

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Analysis Of Young Africa's Plea By Dennis Osadebay

Are you thinking of having a clearer idea of the poem "Young Africa's Plea" by Dennis Osadebay? Here is naijapoets.com.ng review regarding to the poem.The poet:-Dennis Osadebay is a Nigerian author, poet, and lawyer. He received his university education in the United Kingdom, where he was...

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Analysis Of My Grandmother By Elizabeth Jennings

Introduction to the AnalysisFrom the third person point of view, Jennings painted a clear image of an aged person's way-of-life (her grandmother). The poem opened with comparison; comparing the abode of the grandmother to an "antique shop". From the poem, naijapoets.com is of the opinion that old age has some stages (initial frailty, intense frailty, and death) the first stanza described the poem-speaker's grandmother as being old and lonely....

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Analysis Of Report To Wordsworth By Kim Boey Cheng

About the PoemThis post will explain the figures of speech and the themes in Report To Wordsworth by Kim Boey Cheng.Report To Wordsworth is a poem believed to be addressed to William Wordsworth, the poet, whose poetic messages show affection for nature. Cheng wasn't glad with the deplorable states of natural things like rivers, animals, plants, atmosphere, etc; after he felt that the gods meant to come to the rescue of nature were silent, he had...

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Analysis of In Memory of Anyone Unknown to Me by Elizabeth Jennings

About the PoetWe seem elated to be analyzing another elegy_ a mild elegy for that matter. What could be more delighting than meeting poets in their genius dens.The poem "In Memory of Anyone Unknown to Me" proved Elizabeth Jennings' creativity was inelastic during her lifetime.Elizabeth Jennings was...

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Analysis Of I Think It Rains By Wole Soyinka

About The PoemI Think It Rains by Wole Soyinka is a poem of difference; it differs in every form both structure, diction and message. The poem looks into the practice of smoking though one cannot predict the author's stand (whether of likeness or dislike).About The PoetThe poet was born 13th of July in the 1934 with the name Akinwande Oluwole Soyinka. To spare you of the known, a comprehensive profile of Wole Soyinka can be found everywhere on...

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Analyzed Poem: Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

The IntroductionAt the moment,If you're not happy with yourself.If you're not in harmony with whatever you regard as your own God.If you're yet to find peace in this lousy world that looks so shapeless like amoeba.Then you need to download and listen to Desiderata by Max Ehrmann.It is what I regard...

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Plot And Themes Of Night Rain By John Pepper Clark

Plot:-The poem talks about rain falling in the night and the effects of it on a small boy, the other brothers, the mother and the small improverished abode.The boy wakes up not knowing the time as "no cock crow"The rain starts falling hard. He takes into consideration the effects of this on his brothers who are advised to sleep on; on his mother who continuously shifts "her bins, bags and vats" so that the rain does not fall on them; on their roomlet...

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Poetic Figures And Forms In Piano And Drums By Gabriel Okara

As we've already known that Piano And Drums by Gabriel Okara is a culturally oriented poem comparing the poet's past and present experiences. In looking at the figures and form of the poem, will it be perfect to refer to the poem as a non metered free verse? Yes.Judging from the definition of free verse ("vers libre" in French language), any poem with no particular rhythm or metre and without a rhyme scheme can be referred to as a free verse. It...

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Analysis of Ibadan by John Pepper Clark

Photo is from tukool.comThe Poet and SummaryThe poet, John Pepper Clark wrote the poem title "Ibadan". He was born in Delta, Nigeria on the 6th of April, 1935.This' a descriptive poem. Clark painted an image of Ibadan, the largest city in Nigeria as of the time of this post. He saw rustiness and muddiness...

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3 Major Poetic Devices In Vanity By Birago Diop

3 MAJOR POETIC DEVICES IN VANITY BY BIRAGO DIOP[feel free to read Breath By Birago Diop]In the poem Vanity by Birago Diop, there are three major poetic devices that gave the poem her grandeur. These are (1) Imagery (2) Repetition (3) Rhetorical Question.Other Poetic DevicesBefore we examine the great impact these three poetic devices have on the poem, naijapoets.com.ng takes a look at the several poetic devices in the poem.(1) Alliteration: The repetition...

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Analysis of The White Man's Burden by Rudyard Kipling

The Poet and IntroductionI do not think any lover of good literature will dispute my believe that Rudyard Kipling was one of the geniuses in his lifetime. Born in India on the 30th of December, 1865. His love for literature led him to journalism, poetry and short-story writing (he authored the famous book title: The Jungle Book) but to cut the very long profile short, at the ripe age of 70, Joseph Rudyard Kipling kissed his mortal flesh goodnight...

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How Suitable Is The Title Vanity By Birago Diop?

The PoetThe poem Vanity was written by Birago Diop, the author of a poetry book titled: Lures And Glimmers (1960). Birago Diop wasn't just a poet, he was a veterinarian and was once an ambassador of Senegal to Tunisia. He was born 11/11/1906 but died 10/11/1989.The Title JustificationI prefer the poem Breaths by Birago Diop  to the poem Vanity by Birago Diop but considering the title of the poem Vanity, how suitable is it to the context of the...

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Simple Summary of Finery by Jane Taylor

About Jane TaylorTwinkle Twinkle Little Star was written by Jane Taylor who lived between 23rd September of 1783 and 13th April of 1824. She was a poet mothered by another writer who goes by the name Ann Taylor (1796-1810). Jane Taylor hailed from Lavenham, Suffolk in London.Summary of Finery by Jane TaylorFinery is a poem that narrates a story of two young ladies_ Fanny and Lucy. Fanny was a young rich lady who took dozen of time to groom...

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Analysis of With A Water Lily By Henrik Ibsen

The PoetHenrik Ibsen is a poet who lived 78 years on earth between 20th March 1828 and 23rd May 1906. He was born in Telemark County in Norway.The SummaryIn the poem "With A Water-Lily", Henrik Ibsen admonished a child who seemed to be too fond of water. He told of the decoy a stagnant water creates...

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Analysis of Listen Comrades by David Diop

The OverviewSince the birth of civilization, inequality and the struggle for freedom have lasted beyond the expectations of humans.So many literature have penned the varying happenings of people's fight for freedom which in most cases are never without lose of lives and belongings.In the poem "Listen...

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Q and A: End of War by Okinba Launko

                              End of War by Okinba LaunkoQuestionThe casualties in Launko's End of War are ____AnswerMen (Option C)ExplanationThe poem is similar to the poem title The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell. In...

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Q and A: Give Me The Minstrel's Seat

QuestionGive Me The Minstrel's Seat ends on a clarion call for ______AnswerRectitude (Option C)ExplanationThe final line of the poem "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" goes thus:"Better a loin-cloth without disgrace than d fine-flowered shawl of shame".Above line referred to moral choice of judgement or action in any arising situation. On the other hand, rectitude can be defined as the righteousness of principle or practice; exact conformity to truth...

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Analysis Of Half Past Two By U A Fanthorpe

This 11 stanza poem is woven with 3 lines per stanza to a total of 33 lines. The diction is very simple except for some intentional disarranged words for the purpose of clarifying the setting of the poem. Rich in repetition with a third person point of view, it is void of rhythm, end-rhyme, simile, run-on-line, etc. “Half Pass Two” by began thus: “Once upon a schooltimeHe did Something Very Wrong(I forget what it was)And she said he’d doneSomething...

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Analysis Of My Sister By Liz Lochhead

One of the best way the little ones learn faster is through imitation. To the kids, imitation is the best form of trial-and-error because it comes with few hurts or mistakes before the actual mastery.Even in the foundational classroom learning, imitation is adopted for the kindergartens via recitations and mimicries.To summarize the poem "My Sister" by Liz Lochhead, my little twelve years old sister loves to play hopscotch wearing my shoes too big...

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