JARED ANGIRA - HUNGER

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 The maize will grow

Once when

Long rains have come 

And army worms

Have gone


Rations

Will sink 

With hunger

And the coiled instestines

Will straighten


But

That day

Shall find many

In the invalid home

With collar'd fathers

At bedside mass

And others

In the grave

With maggots

On palatable meal


And for the grave majesties

The maize cob 

Shall be

For a rusty funeral feast. 


Analysis

Jared Angira's "Hunger" is a poem that encapsulates polititical oppression and the shattering of dreams of the people of the land. The poet begins by stating the only solution that can liberate the people from suffering and hunger. Thus, the poet says;

"The maize will grow

Once when

Long rains have come 

And army worms

Have gone"

The above lines implies that, the nation or country will only come to its stability when corruption has been curbed and the corrupt leaders are apprehended. Not only that, but people must also contribute to the country equally for better change of the society.

In stanza two, the poet stated the consequences that comes with it if the egregious acts in the siciety is not curtailed and apprehended. For instance, the poet says that;

"Rations

Will sink

With hunger

And the coiled instesines

Will straighten" 


Put simply that, there would be long famine and the people will be in despair and great pain.

The poet finally portrays that any leader ruling autocratically without seeking the consent of the governed shall inevitably taste death and all the worldly things he/she has acquired will be useless. Such leader will be given a negative remarks and a rusty funeral.


Themes

1. Theme of oppression 

2. Theme of social injustice 

3. Theme of hunger

4. Theme of corruption 

5. Theme of suffering 


Poetic Devices 

1. Personification 

2. Enjabment

3. Consonance 

4. Refrain

5. Symbolism 

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