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The Rain Of My Blood Analysis: George Mujajati
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Critical appreciation of the poem ‘Moving House’ from Flowers of Yesterday by Roland Mhasvi
Critical appreciation of the poem ‘Moving House’ from Flowers of Yesterday by Roland Mhasvi
Mafaiti-he loved to pluck a louse: Poem Analysis
The name Mafaiti” is a symbolic name. It’s a guerilla name that suggests the comrade loved fighting or combat during the liberation struggle. It symbolizes one with a fighting zeal or spirit. He loved plucking or removing lice (inda) from a comrade’s hair. Lice are symbolic of dirty or filthy conditions. The comrades spent a […]
Rufaro-cheering ourselves: Analysis of the poem
The title of the poem suggests happiness at the attainment of independence in 1980. In 1980, Zimbabwe attained her independence from her former colonial Master Britain. The celebrations were staged at Rufaro Stadium in Mbare, Harare. Rufaro Stadium is thus a symbolic name that stands for the heavy celebrations that followed the attainment of independence […]
Every Stone that turns: Private Affair Poem Analysis
The title of the poem refers to something done secretly or in private with no one watching. The persona is reminding a co-freedom fighter about what used to transpire or happen during the war of liberation. Shitting or bowel emptying or defecation that used to be done privately was something public during the war because […]
Every Stone that turns: Petals of the unknown poem analysis
Petals of the unknown are just flowers for unknown soldiers. The poem is a lamentation by a persona who is disrespected or looked down upon at his work place. He or she is probably a freedom fighter who has no mansion (large house) in Borrowdale where the rich or affluent live or even a very […]
The plight of women in so Long a Letter
Throughout the book, the author illustrates the plight of women and their struggles in a society where they are often marginalized and oppressed
Every Stone That turns: Analysis of the poem ”We surrendered our balls”
The title of the poem refers to the end of a match when players surrender the balls for safe keeping. However, it has a metaphorical meaning. ‘Surrending our balls’ may means giving away one’s testicles or manhood as a sign of defeat or weakness. Balls symbolize testicles.In this poem, this second meaning is the one […]
Jikinya – Characterisation
Jikinya characterisation- One might argue that the death of Jikinya is symbolical to the death of practice of Jikinya dance amongst the Shona…
Every Stone that turns: Analysis of the poem ‘Uprooted Tuber’
The title of the poem refers to a root plant or potato /mbambaira that has been uprooted from the soil where it was getting food but is now feeling lonely. The tuber is a symbol of a comrade who has been removed from his natural environment like a tuber that has been uprooted. The first […]
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