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Poem Analyzed by Anastasia Ifinedo. Published Poet. ‘Love Cycle’ by Chinua Achebe portrays the sun’s effect on Earth (and vice versa) as a hardly romantic relationship. The poem describes the couple: the sun, an angry male, and the earth, a tolerant female. Achebe uses personification and symbolism throughout the poem to evoke vivid imagery.
- Female
- January 28, 2003
- Poetry Analyst
Overview. Things Fall Apart by Nigerian author and poet Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958, is a seminal work in African literature. Set in pre-colonial Nigeria, the novel chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a proud Igbo warrior, as he navigates the shifting dynamics of his community. Achebe’s narrative masterfully captures the cultural ...
Full Title: Marriage is a Private Affair. When Written: 1952. Where Written: Ibadan, Nigeria. When Published: 1952. Literary Period: Postcolonialism. Genre: Short story. Setting: Lagos and an Ibo village in Colonial Nigeria. Climax: Okeke dismisses Nnaemeka and refuses to talk to him for eight years because of Nnaemeka’s refusal to marry ...
No Longer At Ease. Full Book Summary. Obi Okonkwo is a young man, about twenty-six years old, who returns to Nigeria after studying in England at a university for four years. No Longer At Ease, begins with a trial against Obi that takes place a while after his return, and the novel then works its way backward to explain how Obi has come to be ...
- Chinua Achebe
- 1960
A day later, Okeke tries to dissuade his son from marrying Nene, though Nnaemeka remains committed to his decision, and his “heart was hardened.”. Okeke gives up and sees his son as a lost cause. He dismisses him by arguing that as a father, it is his job to teach Nnaemeka right and from wrong.
Christianity. In “Marriage is A Private Affair,” Christianity is intricately linked to the question of marriage. Both Nnaemeka and his father are on the same page about the expectation that Nnaemeka marry a woman who is a “good Christian,” and thus implied to be a good woman and good wife. In fact, this is one of the only things they ...
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Vultures. ‘Vultures’ is one of the famous poems of the Nigerian poet Chinua Achebe. It is a dark and somber piece that focuses on the Belsen concentration camp and a commandant who works there. In the greyness. and drizzle of one despondent. dawn unstirred by harbingers. of sunbreak a vulture.
