From the novel; The Lion and the Jewel
This question is based on Wole Soyinka’s The Lion and the Jewel.
‘…He risked his life that you may boast
A warrior-hunter for your lord…But you-
You sell him to the rhyming rabble
Gloating in your disloyalty…
In these lines the ‘rhyming rabble’ refers to
- clowns who wait on the Bale
- children in Lakunle's school
- professional singers
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the mummers who dance in mockery of the Bale's rumoured impotence
