You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed by Gabriel Okara (Grade 12 NSC Matric English FAL): Flashcards
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Gabriel Okara's birth year & nationality
Gabriel Okara's birth year & nationality
Nigerian poet, born 1921
Main theme of the poem
Main theme of the poem
Clash between African culture & colonial attitudes
What 'ice-block laughter' represents
What 'ice-block laughter' represents
Cold, lifeless mockery of colonisers
What speaker's fire laughter represents
What speaker's fire laughter represents
Warmth, life, & connection to nature
Colonisers compare speaker's song to
Colonisers compare speaker's song to
Motor car misfiring
'Omnivorous understanding' meaning
'Omnivorous understanding' meaning
Sarcastic phrase for colonisers' arrogance & ignorance
Significance of 'talking drums'
Significance of 'talking drums'
Symbolic instruments for communication in African culture
Source of speaker's strength
Source of speaker's strength
Connection to earth through naked feet
Poem's structure/form
Poem's structure/form
Free verse, ten stanzas, no traditional rhyme
Colonisers' final attitude in poem
Colonisers' final attitude in poem
Meek wonder, asking 'Why so?'