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Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:04pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Present. Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:05pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Stepsse ![]() |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by JigsawKillah(m): 5:07pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Here |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:08pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Oahray:u ehn ....ao u |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:10pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
POEM TO STUDY FOR THE WEEK (African Poem) NIGHT - Wole Soyinka Your hand is heavy, Night, upon my brow, I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare Exacerbation from your subtle plough. Woman as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescent, dance on the pulse incessant Of the waves. And I stood, drained Submitting like the sands, blood and brine Coursing to the roots. Night, you rained Serrated shadows through dank leaves Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dappled cells Sensations pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves. Hide me now, when night children haunt the earth I must hear none! These misted calls will yet Undo me; naked, unbidden, at Night's muted birth 2 Likes |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:10pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
oga laykorn..oya o |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:11pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
oga laykorn,saw,ray.....over to u bosses o |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:12pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
I must confess, at a glance I had no clue what Wole Soyinka was talking about. Especially after the first three lines. |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:12pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Let's start from the first stanza. Your hand is heavy, Night, upon my brow, I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare Exacerbation from your subtle plough. Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:16pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
i think he is trying to say thaat the night is nigh and he fears it...*your hands are heavy...it shows someone who is cold or feeling much cold |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by JigsawKillah(m): 5:17pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
laykorn: From a rapper's point of view....poets ain't good rhymers Plough and brow do rhyme tho, but its monosyllabic |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:17pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Your hand is heavy, Night upon my brow- metaphor? I think he meant the way night makes the eyes heavy from 'wanted sleep'. Agreed ![]() Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:18pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Ayozainy, I see you ![]() |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:19pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
the mercuric lik the cloud means he is not as brave as the cloud that can stand any night or cold....he's simply trying to personify the cloud there |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:24pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Yeah step,it looks like it. Let's eat some more. What is exarcabation ![]() Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:25pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Hmmm... Well, I think this stanza is basically about the effect the night has on him. Heavy on his brows (sleep inducing), and he is quite powerless to resist it. 1 Like |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:28pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
laykorn:the effect of "night's subtle plow" (drowsiness I think) on him gets stronger (worse). |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:28pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Oahray,good idea. Seems like it. Let's exarcabation and move to the next stanza. Who has a mobile dico? Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:31pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
laykorn:i do |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by JigsawKillah(m): 5:32pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
exacerbation noun (uncountable) - An increase in the severity of something (such as a disease) synonyms - aggravation antonyms - amelioration |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:32pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Check that word please. Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:34pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Good! Your hand is heavy, Night, upon my brow, I bear no heart mercuric like the clouds, to dare Exacerbation from your subtle plough. . Should we move to the next stanza? More perfect ideas...... ![]() Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:36pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
next stanza pls |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:37pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
JigsawKillah:lol. I think rap is just a variant of rhyming poetry, and all rappers potential poets. |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Nobody: 5:38pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Woman as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescent, dance on the pulse incessant Ayamlaykorn |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:38pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Yeah... Let's move on |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:43pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
laykorn: ![]() ![]() Let's see... |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by JigsawKillah(m): 5:44pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
This Man's words sha I better start getting my vocabs up |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Stepsse(m): 5:44pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
CLAM....Noun A shellfish with two shells joined together,used s food |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by JigsawKillah(m): 5:48pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Woman as a clam...simile |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by noble4d(m): 5:49pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
Wow! |
Re: Nairaland Poetry Club Chatroom. by Oahray: 5:54pm On Nov 24, 2014 |
I have no idea why he even used 'fluorescent' as a noun. The first line is vague to me. I think the other lines points to the dying of the light, and thus no reflection by the waves of the not-so-calm sea. It sounds like a sailor's point of view. But I doubt it. Might just be a complicated metaphor. Ordinarily, the sea shimmers in the moonlight, unless the clouds are covering it. That makes sense in the light of the first stanza, where the clouds do not feel sleepy and retire for the day. |
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