About the Poet
The name of the Poet
Reoccurrence of the same starting letters in a line
Allusion
What emotions was the poet trying to evoke
Sadness
A group of lines in a poem
stanza
This poet, Gabriel Okara, was born in this month in this year
April 1921
be a warning or indication of (a future event).
Foreshadow.
'Once Upon A Time'. This poem makes you feel like you're in a ___
FairyTale
An image that is used to represent something else
Symbol
In which civil war did he become a Biatran information officer from 1967 to 1969.
Nigerian
'they used to laugh with their hearts
and laugh with their eyes:
but now they only laugh with their teeth.'
Imagery
The poem is said to have liberty with its stanzaic structure
Free Verse
The writer's attitude presented towards the subject matter in the poem.
Tone
He pursued this occupation after leaving school
bookbinder
'while their ice-block-cold eyes...'
Metaphor
'Once upon a time, son,...search behind my shadow.' In what person is the poem's view
First person
who the poet speaks through; the assumed voice the poet uses.
Persona
His novel created symbolic landscape in which the forces of traditional African materialism clash.
The Voice
'they used to laugh with their hearts
and laugh with their eyes:
but now they only laugh with their teeth'
Imagery
The message of this poem makes you reminisce on how things were. freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil.
Innocence/ loss of innocence
A long pause with a line of a poem
Caesura