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Shadows

By Fru Doh

Book information

Publisher
Langaa RPCIG
Year
2011
ISBN
9789956579662, 9789956579877
LCC
PR9346 -- .F78 2011eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2192955 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
94\94
Time added
2023-08-04 13:41:05
African poetry (English); NON000000; NON000000; PO

Description

Shadows, as the title insinuates, splits open and lays bare the frightening vision of humanity, the heart of man depressed, a veritable inferno in which there is little to be enjoyed and everything to be endured, as all is vanity, a gnawing emptiness. Nothing is but what it seems. Simple but without being simplistic, there is in the damp climate of Doh's poetry broken promises, displaced emotional centres, a pervading sense of doom, of impending disaster, and a total helplessness reminiscent of Plato's proverbial mythical cave in which all reality is but shadow, devoid of substance, with the observer chained to the walls of his feelings, beliefs, and unfulfilled ambitions. The second section, Celebration, is, however, a source of warmth, of light, the sun s rays in an otherwise damp and and dark collection."

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