This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in – English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
”As if men hung here unblown,
Their mildewed buds of love like pollen
Late caught, damp in a swollen …
The sound device in the stanza above from
Kalu Uka”s ”Earth to Earth” is
- onomatopoeia
- refrain
-
rhyme
- repetition