📚 Poem Analysis, "Telephone Conversation" by Wole Soyinka,
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2023
- Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka
The price seemed reasonable, location
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived
Off premises. Nothing remained
But self-confession. "Madam", I warned,
"I hate a wasted journey - I am African."
Silence. Silenced transmission of
Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,
Lipstick coated, long gold rolled
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was, foully.
"HOW DARK?"...I had not misheard. ..."ARE YOU LIGHT
OR VERY DARK?" Button B. Button A. Stench
Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.
Red booth. Red pillar-box. Red double-tiered
Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed
By ill-mannered silence, surrender
Pushed dumbfoundment to beg simplification.
Considerate she was, varying the emphasis-
"ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?" Revelation came.
"You mean - like plain or milk chocolate?"
Her accent was clinical, crushing in its light
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,
I chose. "West African sepia" - and as afterthought,
"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness changed her accent
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?" conceding
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."
"THAT'S DARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.
Facially, I am brunette, but madam, you should see
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused-
Foolishly madam - by sitting down, has turned
My bottom raven black - One moment madam! - sensing
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap
About my ears -"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you rather
See for yourself?"
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thank you so much for this explanation. It was of great help...
🙏thank you dear .
Fantastic lecture I have ever heard
And I feel very happy if you provide literary devices used in the poem ma'am
Thank you so much 😊🙏. Hope it is helpful .
Enjambment- the flow of thought goes from one line to another causing anticipation and growing interest in the conversation.
Alliteration- clinical crushing …’ c’ sound repetition.
Imagery- descriptive language
Simile- comparing skin colour to milk
Repetition - various words are repeated for effect.
Assonance - lipstick coated long gold rolled ( vowel sound)
Metaphor- spectroscopic ( the comparison of the device to the judgmental mindset )
Irony - the word confession…suggestive of the fact that a victim of racism is made to feel guilty .
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explanation in english is great :)
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mam you explained well.moreover your body language is superb.
Thank you 🙏 🙏. Wish you the best in your studies 😊
very clear explanation mam 💕💕
Thank you 😊🙏, Wole Soyinka has written a great many poems and plays .
Mam please make a video on -Ode to a Nightingale
Poem by John Keats
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Nice class ma'am
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Hi mam thanks a lot dor this video. Can u please make a video on tithonus would really help😊
Thank you dear🙏. All the best in your studies ❤️. I will definitely upload soon .👍
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Mam is it possible to make a explaination on "Death be not Proud" by John Donne?
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