The most dominant poetic device used in Okara’s ‘Panio and Drums’ is
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A.
Metaphor -
B.
Symbolism -
C.
Pathetic Fallacy -
D.
Analogy
Correct Answer: Option B
Explanation
The essential messages in the poem are symbolical. The drums for example represent traditional African life, while the piano represents the Western world, this must be distinctively identified outside the use of metaphors.
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