University of Massachusetts Boston ScholarWorks at UMass Boston Africana Studies Faculty Publication Series Africana Studies 1-1-2011 ‘The Mystic Drum’: Critical Commentary on Gabriel Okara’s Love Lyrics Chukwuma Azuonye University of Massachusetts Boston‚ chukwuma.azuonye@umb.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/africana_faculty_pubs Part of the African Languages and Societies Commons‚ Comparative Literature Commons‚ and the English Language and
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“God loves them and they love Him.” (5:45). A deeper analysis of Rumi’s poetry unfolds the various relationships that exist between the creator and the creation. From among the many relationships‚ the most prominent one in Rumi’s poetry is that the Beloved/lover relationship. The God says in the Quran‚ “Call Me‚ I will respond to you.” (40:60). God has given the status of Ashraf ul makhlooqat to the humans which means the humans are regarded as the most superior of all species. And the luminous beings
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ballpark doesn’t possess the same historic charisma that Fenway and Wrigley do‚ but its unique features and culture make it a special place too. Oriole Park at Camden Yards‚ home of the Baltimore Orioles‚ is another example of a newer ballpark that is beloved by many for its own characteristics. Camden Yards is special because in the eyes of most of the baseball community‚ it was the first of the newer wave of ballparks to pay homage to older ballparks and possess a retro design. This ballpark has also
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led to the beating and milking of Sethe‚ which indirectly led the death of Beloved. “Those boys came in here and took my milk…Held me down and took it” (Morrrison‚ 19). After Sethe told Ms. Garner what the boys had done to her Schoolteacher beat her mercilessly. Sethe was treated like a goat while being milked and after asking for compassion received violence instead. This incident led to the rationale for killing Beloved‚ arguing that “If [she] hadn’t killed her she would’ve died and that [was]
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prodigious use of mystical elements in conjunction with her detailing of the African American experience to include: “racial‚ gender and class conflict” (Dipasquale). Morrison details a unique experience; ranging from the slave narrative of Sethe in Beloved‚ The Cosey Women in Love‚ and the troubled youth‚ Pecola‚ in The Bluest Eye. Morrison explains that each work must "write for people like me‚ which is to say black people‚ curious people‚ demanding people -- people who can’t be faked‚ people who don’t
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remembering a parent. The poem is about a lover. On the third line‚ the speaker states‚ “..you can no more hold me by the hand‚ ..”. One of the typical gestures between lovers is holding hands; in that way‚ Christina Rossetti is obviously reffering to a beloved one. “Remember” is a person talking in the present‚ hoping that someone (lover) to remember in the future. “Remember me when I am gone away‚ ..”‚ shows that the speaker in the poem wants her lover to remember her
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many of his poems. In the poem‚ Yeats describes the difficulty of creating something beautiful. The title alludes to the Original Sin and banishment of Adam from the Garden of Eden into a life of toil and sorrow. Addressing his beloved‚ Maud Gonne‚ the speaker remembers sitting with her and “that beautiful mild woman‚ your close friend”‚ Maud Gonne’s sister at the end of summer‚ discussing poetry. He remarked then that a line of poetry may take hours to write‚ but if it does not
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because while serving to them of course we must give them a smile and they also give response‚ even we’ve got tired to serve them we are happy because of the success of the event. We are very thankful to each everyone for being responsible and to our beloved teacher who always there to help us and guide us. REACTION PAPER (OFF-PREMISE CATERING) In off- premise catering held only at WVCST campus‚ even though that we are expecting at the outside campus‚ the event was become success even we are got tired
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In both Toni Morrison’s Beloved and Iain Banks’ The Wasp Factory‚ gender constructions are explored and manipulated to show the harmful effects that social norms of a patriarchal society can have on an individual’s psyche. Gender is a social construct which dictates how men and women should act in different situations; therefore‚ since both authors create characters who transgress the boundaries of this construct‚ it is implied that there cannot be a clear line between genders. However‚ whilst Morrison
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appeased unless the truth is told about all the affected members of that community. History had forgotten about what women had to say. Toni Morrison and Nalo Hopkinson seek to regain the voice of those marginalised women in history through their novels Beloved and The Salt Roads. Speculative Fiction is a narrative technique within literatures of the
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