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 Time is presented in the poem ‘The Song of the Woman of my Land’ as quite powerful. Discuss. The poem ‘The Song of the Woman of my Land’ reflects the collective gain and aspiration of women in the development of their family and community. The poem centered on themes such as oppression of women, endurance, pain and importance of music. The poem can be considered a dirge because it is a lamentation of women who have dead and left behind their lyrics of their song. A dirge is a song of mourning about pain, death and funeral. The poem is characterized by pain, sadness, sorrow and regret. The power highlights the importance and power of time, the poet is of the opinion that time brought a negative change in the lives of people in the community and makes people forget the memories of the lyrics of the women in the poem. Time ‘chisels away’ the memory and the lyrics of the song of the women of the persona’s land. It leaves a fading tune and a dying song instead. This shows that time is pres

REVISION GRADE 10 SECTION A: OBJECTIVES General literary principles SECTION B: STRUCTURED QUESTIONS 1. The lion and the jewel     a. Setting and plot     b. Characterisation     C. Thematic pre occupation     d. Dramatic technique 2. The Leader and the led      a. Subject matter      b. Poetic devices and style      C. Thematic pre occupation REVISION GRADE 11 SECTION A: OBJECTIVES 1. General literary principles 2. Context questions from Williams Shakespeare's Mid Summer Night Dreams SECTION B: STRUCTURE QUESTIONS 1. Second Class Citizen     a. Setting and plot     b. Characterisation     C. Thematic pre occupation     d. Narrative technique and styles 2. The Grieved Lands     a. Subject matter     b. Poetic devices and style     C. Thematic pre occupation 3. Wuthering Heights      a. Major roles of Characters      b. Thematic pre occupation

THEMES OF THE COSTLY MISTAKE 1. Theme of hard work : Uchenna, Udoh and Wilson are serious and they work hard in school, so ,at the end of the story ,they became very successful. This means that those people who work hard would ripe the fruit of their hard work. 2. Waywardness and it consequences: Characters like Tony , Victor and Daniel chooses to be very naughty in school and their actions affected their studies. The all became drop out . Daniel ended up becoming a bus conductor. 3. The importance of education: Uchenna and others value education, at the end of the story, they became very successful. However, Daniel and his friends were not too serious and they regretted their actions. After seeing how Uchenna became successful, Daniel made up to go back to school. This shows how important education is. 4. The consequences of one actions:  The story teaches a lesson that what ever one sow ,he will reap. Daniel made a costly mistake and made his parents sad. Daniel learnt his le

POETIC DEVICES USED IN RACISM 1. Metaphor: This is an indirect with out the use of 'like' and 'as' . Examples of metaphor in the poem includes * Racism! Oh Racism    The canker worm that destroys * Racism! Oh Racism    The cancer that destroys the universe 2. Apostrophe: This is an address to an object or non living thing as if that object can hear what you are saying. In the poem racism is addressed as if it can hear. Example * Racism! Oh Racism 3. Rhetorical question: This is a question that does not required an answer. 4. personification : This is giving human to non living things. Examples in the poem include    a. cancer that is devouring humanity.    b. breeding divide and rule. Assignment 1. The theme of a work referred to ____ 2. Someone who writes a poem is called ___ 3. An account of a person's life written by another is _______ 4. Setting refers to______ 5. Plot is the ________ 6. The major character in a story is called ____ 7. Th

SAVE THE AFRICAN WOMB SETTING AND PLOT The novel centers on the need to do the right thing in any where one finds himself. The author enlighten young people on the need to always listen to their parents and avoid negative attitude that might leads to their destruction. The major protagonist of the novel Barakemi who becomes pregnant at a tender age was force by her parents to move to her grandmother's house. This is because Mr. Abraham who is a religious leader does not want the stigma that comes with the pregnancy. While Barakemi was at her grandmother's house, she was encouraged  by her grandmother to contact Joseph, the man responsible for her pregnancy. Joseph who is a lawyer came to Lagos where Barakemi was and reconcile with her. The deceitful nature of human being was also reveal in Save The African Womb, another character name Agnes whose womb was remove met doctor Mitimi who is a corrupt medical doctor. Dr. Mitimi promise to swap the baby of Barakemi at the po

THEMES OF THE LEADER AND THE LED 1. Leadership crisis in Africa: The poem addresses the problem of leadership in Nigeria and the endless search for credible and transparent leaders. The poet metaphorically compared the animal kingdom to the Nigeria society. Just as the different animals don't trust one another, so also is the people in the Nigerian society. The lack of trust is caused as the result of religious and ethnic diversity among the people. This has greatly resulted to the lack of trust among the led and hence the cause of the division in the society. 2. Theme of disunity: This theme runs through out the poem and it is responsible for the underdevelopment not only in Africa but in Nigeria. In the poem, the poet uses allegory and metaphor of the lion to represent the political atmosphere of Nigeria. The animals are not United enough to challenge the lion, his dominance can not be properly checked this is because the other animals are not united. The animals are at each

TO WHAT EXTENT CAN IT BE SAID THAT FRANCIS'S  LOVE FOR ADAH IS CONDITIONAL AND PARASITE? Francis is presented as a character who had no independent thinking, and he depends on others for suggestions. He is a male chauvinist, though he is educated in a very expensive school, his outlook on life was entirely African. He scolds Adah when she refused to cry for him,as he is set to leave for Europe. He lacks the wisdom to understand the strength and character of Adah. FRANCIS'S love for Adah is conditional and parasite this is because, he is vision less and dogmatic in nature. He is a carefree individual who seems not to be bothered about how to improve the well being of his wife and family, he is not interested in supporting his family financially, he is only interested in having more kids. Francis consider Adah a sex symbol and this causes a big distraction to Adah's dream. Another instance from the text that shows that Francis love for Adah is conditional and parasite i