Wam Literature

‘I Beg You’ is a poem by Laban Erapu about true love and the patience it should draw from those in courtship. Laban Erapu writes about love in its raw and sincere form. In the poem, the person is talking to the one he or she love. The address is plain and simple; the persona is telling the lover to wait until the love has matured before they take anything serious. The persona reminds the lover that there maybe a lot of temptations along the way and so they ought to remain vigilant in order to avoid unnecessary mistakes. DISCUSSION The poem is written as a plea to the lover to be cautious about love. According to the persona, courtship is fiery and very enticing, it may lure one into doing things that they may live to regret. Therefore, the persona is asking for restraint, for careful consideration and for taking time to make the right decisions. In the poem the persona observes that when love is fiery, heated and embraced quickly, lovers tend to make prom...

The poem has deeper meaning that transcends love and lust. It speaks of the nature of being in which the individual is self-absorbed in transitional pleasures believing they will become permanent. The poem is about a man taking a siesta on the coastal beach when he meets a woman. According to the man, the woman sees that he has an innocent heart which can easily be stolen. Therefore, the woman cultivates in the man a desire that he cannot refuse. The man becomes defenseless by her unwitting charm and her unmatched beauty. In the end, the woman lives without satisfying the man’s desire. Photo courtesy of meta AI In this poem, we see the man as a victim of unrequited love. He had believed in the friendliness of the woman and in the hope that he was investing in something he could treasure for the rest of his life. Therefore, the woman leaving, becomes a serious betrayal given that she had reignited in the man a fire that she only could extinguish. As readers/listeners, we sympathi...

  Understanding poetry  Performance poetry is easier to follow since you can hear and feel what the poet is trying to communicate. Most often, we follow the non-verbal cues and facial expressions to understand pretty much everything. This is the reason why we get to understand a foreign language without having no knowledge of it. Poetry is a performance craft. For this reason, in order to grasp it well, one must see its performance to grasp in detail what the performer is trying to pass across. Nevertheless, the exam situation eradicates the need to listen and delves into your own knowledge of poetry. In order to answer poetry questions well, you ought to do the following:  a) Have a little knowledge about the poet. b) Understand the styles the poet has used to create music in the poem c) Identify the styles the poet has used to bring out the meaning of the poem d) Try to interpret the poet’s choice of words .  Getting to know the poet Poetry is like music. In music ...