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Ken Ugwu - Chants of a Native Son

Chants of a Native Son

07/17/21 • 3 min

Ken Ugwu
“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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“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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