The themes in a poem are the recurrent issues that
help the understanding of the underlying meaning of that poem. Below are some
of the important themes in the poem titled “Ambush”.
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Showing posts with label Gbemisola Adeoti. Show all posts
Sunday, June 12, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Summary of the poem, “Ambush” by Gbemisola Adeoti
In the first 1-7 lines
of “Ambush” by Gbemisola Adeoti, there is a picture of “a giant whale” that is
so wicked it swallows all the tools used by the fisherman, thus “aborting
dreams of a good catch.” Metaphorically, the Nigerian government nay-African
leaders are the whale since their actions of mismanaging the people’s resources
is an indication of dreams and hopes dashed. In this manner, therefore, the
very resources, which the people depend on, have been unjustly “swallowed”. Similarly, in lines 8-13, “the land” (Nigeria)
is described as “a sabre-toothed tiger” so scary that only his “deep cry” make
the “infants shudder home”. In a way,
these infants are the vulnerable citizens, the lower class, who owing to the
frustrations from their government are left with no option except to find every
possible means of escape from their leaders’ consciously manufactured “bayonets
of tribulations”.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Analysis of the Poem “Ambush” by Gbemisola Adeoti
After independence, most African leaders oppressed their citizens. The
leaders became so selfish and greedy that they only catered to their own
personal pockets at the expense of the masses. So they pillaged the wealth of
the country dry. Because of this, unemployment became widespread; the people
lack access to basic amenities such as food, shelter and electricity. To worsen
the situation, civil wars and internal crises based on religion and ethnicities
broke out.
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