JAMB - Literature In English (2010 - No. 60)

This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

As the dancers move through paths strewn with glass chips, the images in Adeoti's Naked Soles change from

pain to grief
sorrow to joy
joy to excitement
inaction to action

Explanation

Throughout the poem, the characters are in grief.

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