
Alvan Boy
07/17/21 • 2 min
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Chants of a Native Son
“Chants of a Native Son” – a poem dedicated to a young lover’s village damsel. The persona beckons on the maiden to be the love of his life. He calls on his queen to “rise my beautiful princess / for I am waiting eagerly for you at the sand dune beside the / cyan flower river,” (lines 2-4). It ends with the persona’s longing to the lady to be his wife as signified by his “...wish to be the brave hunter in whose front [the maiden] shall kneel to give a cup of palm-wine” (lines 42-43).
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NwanyiNma
NwanyiNma is a love/ romance poem. Here the persona expresses his insatiable desire and fondness for a lady he admires. He presents the picture on how this lady is most creature he has ever seen.
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