ENG2602 Assignment 3 (Q1 & Q2 COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 (675765) - DUE
13 August 2024; 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions.
QUESTION 1: POETRY Closely read the following poem “Farewell” by E.E. Sule
and answer the question that follows. Tight jinxed professors gazing at the immensity
of nothing! Behold a multitude of books speeding away in escape Pens swagger in
hollowness, prostitute with cheap sheets Afro-haired professors walking the length of
the Atlantic in fury! Bid the sun, bid the moon, bid the stars, bid the rivers Farewell
Farewell to the flapping bravado of the flag Farewell to the querulous query of the
anthem Ask the rocks, ask the rivers ask the ghosts of the deserted shelves ask the
rocks, ask the rivers ask the emasculated walls surrounding shelves They will be
manacled by crooked questions In their intention a jeremiad shall burst They will
compose startling rhetoric Only in amputated tongues (Omoniyi. T. ed. 2014. Poems
for a Century: An Anthology on Nigeria. p. 51) Glossary: ‘jeremiad’ refers to a long,
mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. ENG2602/102/0/2024 17 Write a
carefully-worded essay of 1000 – 1200 words (approximately 2 to 3 typed pages) in
length in which you analyse how the poet uses diction, particularly metaphors, poetic
techniques, and any other features of language to express a mixture of frustration,
outrage, disappointment, hopelessness, and sadness, at the forced migration of
educated people from their land after political independence. As he laments the
disastrous state of affairs in his country, the poet turns to inanimate objects like rocks,
rivers, shelves, even ghosts, for answers. His use of personification suggests his loss
of confidence in some of his compatriots and expresses how his country has dashed
the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. Please
note: • You must quote from the poem to substantiate your argument. • Explain how
each quotation supports your argument. • Do not discuss anything in your essay that
you cannot relate to a sense of disappointment and defeat caused by a country that has
dashed the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. •
Do not provide definitions of literary devices; explain how they are used to convey
meaning in the poem relating to the question. • Do not discuss anything in your essay
that you cannot relate directly to the poet’s disappointment at how things have turned
out in his country after independence. Assignment Guidance Reading for Pre-writing
To answer this question, you first need to read the whole poem more than once in
order to get a sense of what it is about. Thereafter, annotate the poem as you identify
words, phrases, and expressions you are not familiar with. As you do so, establish first
the surface meanings and then the contextual meanings of these words and phrases.
This is an important step to take as it makes you appreciate the relevance of context
13 August 2024; 100% TRUSTED workings, explanations and solutions.
QUESTION 1: POETRY Closely read the following poem “Farewell” by E.E. Sule
and answer the question that follows. Tight jinxed professors gazing at the immensity
of nothing! Behold a multitude of books speeding away in escape Pens swagger in
hollowness, prostitute with cheap sheets Afro-haired professors walking the length of
the Atlantic in fury! Bid the sun, bid the moon, bid the stars, bid the rivers Farewell
Farewell to the flapping bravado of the flag Farewell to the querulous query of the
anthem Ask the rocks, ask the rivers ask the ghosts of the deserted shelves ask the
rocks, ask the rivers ask the emasculated walls surrounding shelves They will be
manacled by crooked questions In their intention a jeremiad shall burst They will
compose startling rhetoric Only in amputated tongues (Omoniyi. T. ed. 2014. Poems
for a Century: An Anthology on Nigeria. p. 51) Glossary: ‘jeremiad’ refers to a long,
mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes. ENG2602/102/0/2024 17 Write a
carefully-worded essay of 1000 – 1200 words (approximately 2 to 3 typed pages) in
length in which you analyse how the poet uses diction, particularly metaphors, poetic
techniques, and any other features of language to express a mixture of frustration,
outrage, disappointment, hopelessness, and sadness, at the forced migration of
educated people from their land after political independence. As he laments the
disastrous state of affairs in his country, the poet turns to inanimate objects like rocks,
rivers, shelves, even ghosts, for answers. His use of personification suggests his loss
of confidence in some of his compatriots and expresses how his country has dashed
the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. Please
note: • You must quote from the poem to substantiate your argument. • Explain how
each quotation supports your argument. • Do not discuss anything in your essay that
you cannot relate to a sense of disappointment and defeat caused by a country that has
dashed the hopes of its people, especially professionals like university professors. •
Do not provide definitions of literary devices; explain how they are used to convey
meaning in the poem relating to the question. • Do not discuss anything in your essay
that you cannot relate directly to the poet’s disappointment at how things have turned
out in his country after independence. Assignment Guidance Reading for Pre-writing
To answer this question, you first need to read the whole poem more than once in
order to get a sense of what it is about. Thereafter, annotate the poem as you identify
words, phrases, and expressions you are not familiar with. As you do so, establish first
the surface meanings and then the contextual meanings of these words and phrases.
This is an important step to take as it makes you appreciate the relevance of context
