JAMB - Literature In English (1991 - No. 45)
This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.
'I thank you God for creating me black
For making of me
Porter of all sorrows
Sitting on my head
The World
I wear the Centaur's hide
And I have carried the World since the first morning'.
'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie
The poet's attitude here is being
'I thank you God for creating me black
For making of me
Porter of all sorrows
Sitting on my head
The World
I wear the Centaur's hide
And I have carried the World since the first morning'.
'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie
The poet's attitude here is being
ironical
whimsical
sorrowful
sarcastic
Explanation
The poet's attitude in this excerpt from "I Thank You God" by Bernard Dadie is ironical because there is a contradiction between the speaker's gratitude and the heavy burdens he mentions. While the speaker is thanking God for creating him black and for giving him the burden of carrying the sorrows of the world, there is an underlying sense of irony.
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