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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FUNERAL SERMON, SOWETO, by WOLE SOYINKA Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: We wish to bury our dead. Now, a funeral Last Line: And now, we wish to bury our dead Subject(s): Funerals; Nigerian Civil War | |||
View Poem Text | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...STATE OF THE UNION: 23. CONCERNING MY COMMAND AND OTHER by JOHN PEPPER CLARK ELEGY ON THE URGENCY OF FAXES AND PHONECALLS AGAIN by JOAN PAYNE KINCAID TWO EPITAPHS: 1. CHRISTOPHER OKIBO by DAVID RUBADIRI CIVILIAN AND SOLDIER by WOLE SOYINKA HARVEST OF HATE by WOLE SOYINKA MASSACRE, OCTOBER '66 by WOLE SOYINKA THE RECRUIT by ROBERT WILLIAM CHAMBERS IN HOSPITAL: 4. BEFORE by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY AFTER DEATH by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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