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The Weaver Bird - Kofi Awooner - Coggle Diagram
The Weaver Bird - Kofi Awooner
Title
Title introduces metaphor which runs through whole poem
Metaphor is of weaver bird representing colonisers
Keywords, Diction, Register & Tone
Keywords
Owner, salvation, west, defiled
Register
Formal register
Tone
Tone is bitter and resentful
Word Order
Sentences vary in length, but are mainly long
Punctuation
Many full stops indicate finality of thoughts
Figurative Language; Imagery
Figurative Language
The weaver bird is used as a metaphor for colonisers
The weaver serves as an extended metaphor and there is no other figurative language in the poem highlighting the seriousness of the issue
Imagery
Images of taking over something and destroying it
Sound: Rhythm, Meter, Melody & Rhyme
Sound
The way the poem is written makes it sound like one is telling a story
Rhythm
No set rhythm
Melody& Rhyme
No rhyme
Speaker/Addressee; Narrative/Narrator
Speaker
Speaker describes what the colonisers have done
Addressee
The speaker is trying to show them how colonisation has ruined their country
Poem is addressed to Europeans
Narrative
Poem tells the story of colonisation in Ghana
Time; Setting
Setting
Set in Ghana
Time
Refers back to the time of colonisation
Symbols
Symbolism of how Europeans took over Africa and defiled the place
Form
No set form
Ideas & Themes
Ideas
Ideas of natives trying to get back to their roots
Theme
The theme is tragedy caused by colonisation