The dragonfly’s struggle against the windowpane can be understood as the poet’s struggle against the language he uses.
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A Far Cry From Africa
By Derek Walcott A wind is ruffling the tawny peltOf Africa. Kikuyu, quick as flies,Batten upon the bloodstreams of the veldt.Corpses are scattered through a …

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 ? …