“The Metaphors of Africa” “Wishing Africa” is a poem in which many thought provoking metaphors are used to make it come alive by giving the reader great illustrations. First of all what is a metaphor? A metaphor is a figure of speech that make comparison between two unlike things, without using the words like or as. Marilyn Brooks utilizes metaphor to shape one of the most interesting and dramatic poems. The essence of this poem …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1139 total…he comes from and therefore doesn't know where to go now. Mayrilyn Bowering used many metaphors to make the poem “Wishing Africa.” These metaphors open and make the poem come alive with every word. She makes you, as the reader, think. The metaphors also make the reader feel the power of the words as the come off the page and into your mind. Bowering’s “Wishing Africa” contains some very imaginative and mind opening metaphors.