Thereafter, in the line, “That neither noontime nor star-shine”, one can find a consonance. Thereafter, the poet uses alliteration in “black bull-hides.” There is a personal metaphor in the phrase, the “dancing brine”. In “A gallant armament”, there is a metaphor for the galley or ship. Here, the poet personifies the “cleaving prows”. Likewise, the poem begins with a personification. However, the overall poem is mostly composed of the iambic meter.īrowning presents a variety of literary devices in this poem. Some lines rhyme alternatively whereas the consecutive lines of the poem rhyme together. There isn’t any set rhyme scheme in this poem. Hence, in this stanza, the poet describes their departure from the newly discovered land. And, the final stanza again returns to their basic mindset of wanderlust. The second stanza deals with their happiness after discovering an island. The first stanza describes the nature of the wanderers and their journey. The poet makes this division according to the subject matter of the poem. The second stanza consists of 13 lines and the final stanza has 23 lines. The first stanza is long enough and it has 37 lines. Each stanza doesn’t have a specific line count. ‘The Wanderers’ consists of three stanzas. At the same time, their heart knew they had to move forward leaving what remained behind for them waiting to live in one place for a lifetime. Seeing the land after a long time made them happy. One day they came across a dim-specked land betwixt the sea and the sky. Then they sleep peacefully like the islanders or men inhabiting the land. While at night they use the strength of the wind to sail through. A folded and purple awning covers the upper part of the tent. The ships are “rude and bare to the outward view.” Inside each of the ships, there is a stately tent guarded with cedar pales. Tade has lived in Lagos, Cairo, Dakar, Lagos, London, Nairobi, New York, and Sussex.‘The Wanderers’ by Robert Browning describes a group of seafarers and their journey to a desolate island.Īt first, Browning presents the galleys or ships on which the group of wanderers is voyaging to discover new land. The Wanderer’s Waves is his first full collection of poems. He has published in literary magazines and edited collections. Tade Aina, a Nigerian, Pan-Africanist, scholar, activist, sociologist and Foundation Executive, has worked and published extensively on urbanization, higher education, development, social movements and philanthropy. In this body of work, to be gently savored, the reader will encounter the dimensions of worlds, refracted in a most refreshing way.” – Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor, author of Dust (Granta 2015). Echoes from the experiences of the restless soul about the world, whose work also turns him into an eavesdropper, the fly-on-the-wall insights. “Travel, landscapes, people, the territories of the senses, of the heart. The poems, in total, also have a universal community spirit and reflectively speak to our blessed multiple identities as humans, while shedding clear light on the ties that bind humanity, such as ties to nature and mobility.” – Akwasi Aidoo, author of Rhythms of Dignity (Amalion 2020). The composition style is a combination of traditional, renaissance and modernist archetypes in postcolonial poetic rendition. “Tade Aina’s book, The Wanderer’s Waves, is an outstanding poetic chronicle of a trailblazer’s explorations, observations and experiences across the world, from the Americas to Zimbabwe and from the early years of youth. Tade Aina is a well-traveled man who weaves the lore, legends and histories of hearth and far-flung places with equal self-assurance.” – Okey Ndibe, author of Foreign Gods, Inc. “Rich-veined, sensual, and probing, this rewarding collection bears the imprint of a keen, world-wise poet.
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