, 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
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
