Africa’s Pain is My Pain, By Ayanle Isak Africa dear Africa Your children are lonely and depressed Africa dear Africa Your children are at war with each other Africa dear Africa Your children are killing each other Africa dear Africa Your children are starving Africa dear Africa Your essence is pure but you are suffering Africa dear Africa Your pain is my pain So I sit here crying.
I selected “Africa’s Pain is My Pain” by Ayanle Isak as my favorite poem due to its strong yet simple lyrical content. It addresses a cultural portion of my life that I have ignored; I walk with a straight head and a stiff neck when the conversation or mention of Africa occurs. I fear the painful truth; I wish not to ever be hurt. The truth of Africa is not mentioned too often. Africa’s weaknesses most often time over shadows her strengths. Africa is a strong black queen with plenty of problems that source from her color and the major people’s ignorance towards her striking beauty, she is a minority.
The audience of the poem varies. I believe the author wrote this poem primarily to the people of Africa, also secondarily appealing to Africa’s neighboring continent Europe and North America. Africa has been labeled as the Dark Continent by North America because of its extreme deficiencies. In earlier years Europe was blamed for Africa’s deficiencies. There are plenty of land owners in Africa and many believe they are not playing adequate part in uplifting to beauty true value.
“Africa’s Pain is My Pain” symbolizes aphorism, characterization, personification, denotation, and mood. The poem itself is an aphorism, claiming “Africa’s essence is pure but it is suffering” is the mere true – it is an African proverb in my heart. The man to ever deny the truth of that quote is an obvious fool or even an educated fool. Characterization created this poem because is discussed the characteristics of the children in African. Also, metaphor is manifested in the mention of African children’s characteristics because each time the poem speaks of the children, it speaks of the general population; rescinding the simple claim of child. Africa is continent literally, the author claims it is in pain thereof personification becomes clear. The author’s mood is mournful and in deep concern for Africa. In conclusion, the author states “Your pain is my pain, so I sit here crying” is the denotation of the poem because it satisfies the poem by concluding its meaning.
The author wrote this poem to bring awareness of his personally feelings of Africa. The mournfulness of the peom leads me to believe the author is appealing to surrounding continents. The author is analyzing the somber truth of Africa to find a solution for its problem. The author wants the readers to be more conscious of what Africa lacks because its needs help from foreign and domestic.
By Crystal Roberts
Africa’s Pain is My Pain, By Ayanle Isak
Africa dear Africa
Your children are lonely and depressed
Africa dear Africa
Your children are at war with each other
Africa dear Africa
Your children are killing each other
Africa dear Africa
Your children are starving
Africa dear Africa
Your essence is pure but you are suffering
Africa dear Africa
Your pain is my pain
So I sit here crying.
I selected “Africa’s Pain is My Pain” by Ayanle Isak as my favorite poem due to its strong yet simple lyrical content. It addresses a cultural portion of my life that I have ignored; I walk with a straight head and a stiff neck when the conversation or mention of Africa occurs. I fear the painful truth; I wish not to ever be hurt. The truth of Africa is not mentioned too often. Africa’s weaknesses most often time over shadows her strengths. Africa is a strong black queen with plenty of problems that source from her color and the major people’s ignorance towards her striking beauty, she is a minority.
The audience of the poem varies. I believe the author wrote this poem primarily to the people of Africa, also secondarily appealing to Africa’s neighboring continent Europe and North America. Africa has been labeled as the Dark Continent by North America because of its extreme deficiencies. In earlier years Europe was blamed for Africa’s deficiencies. There are plenty of land owners in Africa and many believe they are not playing adequate part in uplifting to beauty true value.
“Africa’s Pain is My Pain” symbolizes aphorism, characterization, personification, denotation, and mood. The poem itself is an aphorism, claiming “Africa’s essence is pure but it is suffering” is the mere true – it is an African proverb in my heart. The man to ever deny the truth of that quote is an obvious fool or even an educated fool. Characterization created this poem because is discussed the characteristics of the children in African. Also, metaphor is manifested in the mention of African children’s characteristics because each time the poem speaks of the children, it speaks of the general population; rescinding the simple claim of child. Africa is continent literally, the author claims it is in pain thereof personification becomes clear. The author’s mood is mournful and in deep concern for Africa. In conclusion, the author states “Your pain is my pain, so I sit here crying” is the denotation of the poem because it satisfies the poem by concluding its meaning.
The author wrote this poem to bring awareness of his personally feelings of Africa. The mournfulness of the peom leads me to believe the author is appealing to surrounding continents. The author is analyzing the somber truth of Africa to find a solution for its problem. The author wants the readers to be more conscious of what Africa lacks because its needs help from foreign and domestic.