Imagery In African Poetry. To the extent that tradi tional african poetry is social it is conversational. Although african poetry does not rely on metric verse it heavily relies on metaphor symbolism personification and language that evokes our five senses.
France s possessions included african and south american jungles islands in the caribbean. African poetry the task admittedly remains messy as one struggles with the intersections and overlapping tendencies by which the first generation is for instance at poles apart from the second and so forth. And for two poets to have a conversation their poetry must say more than just the sheer.
And for two poets to have a conversation their poetry must say more than just the sheer.
It represents object action and idea which appeal our senses action and idea which appeal our senses. The effective use of imagery in the dining table by gbanagbom hallowell. Posted on january 16 2019 by afroliterary a poet s ability to pick and use words that affect the senses and communicate a specific idea or feeling is what has become known as imagery. Although african poetry does not rely on metric verse it heavily relies on metaphor symbolism personification and language that evokes our five senses.