By Wole Soyinka Hanging day.A hollow earthEchoes footsteps of the grave procession.Walls in sunspotsLean to shadow of the shortening morn. Behind an eyepatch lushly blue.The …
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Dragonfly At My Windowpane – Poem Analysis And Summary
The dragonfly’s struggle against the windowpane can be understood as the poet’s struggle against the language he uses.
Dragonfly At My Windowpane
By Wole Soyinka Dragonfly at My WindowpaneSo when I offer me, a medium asThe Windowpane, you beat upon itFrantic wings against the unyielding tolerance ? …