JAMB - Literature In English (1990 - No. 16)
This question is based on selected poems from Wole Soyinka (ed.) Poems of Black Africa and D.I. Nwoga (ed.) West African Verse.
...'the hawk will flutter and turn
On its wings and swoop for the mouse,
The dogs will run for the hare,
The hare for its little life.'
These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' mean that
...'the hawk will flutter and turn
On its wings and swoop for the mouse,
The dogs will run for the hare,
The hare for its little life.'
These lines from Kwesi Brew's 'The Dry Season' mean that
this is a hunting season
there is chaos
the hare will be killed
the hawk and the dogs are strong
Explanation
The lines describe a natural chain of events in the animal kingdom during a specific time, where predators (the hawk and the dogs) actively pursue their prey (the mouse and the hare). This vividly portrays activities associated with hunting. The imagery of the hawk swooping for the mouse and the dogs running for the hare suggests a time when animals are instinctively hunting for survival.
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