Unrequited Love in Rosimaya Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis of Unrequited Love in Rosimaya.

Unrequited Love in Rosimaya Essay | Essay

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Unrequited Love in Rosimaya

Summary: Analyzes the Atukwei Okai poem, Rosimaya. Examines the theme of unrequited love. Discusses the negative images portrayed in the poem and the literary techniques used to convey the idea of heartbreak and depression.
The poem "Rosimaya" by Atukwei Okai addresses an idea of unrequited love. It describes how his miss is being inconsiderate as a result of distress, frustration, depression and confusion.

In each single stanza of this poem, the speaker complains about the evils that the lady has done to him and shows some anger on his tone "you." In my opinion this means the lady cheated him and he now feels unappreciated and unwanted.

The speaker feels deeply grieved at the repeated evils that she did. "You feign, you feign, you feign, you forget my face " this repetition emphasizes that the lady pretends not to know him which disappoints him. "Pious God " again he is being religious and to me it shows that he is educated. He is exposing the weakness of the lady who dare behaves strangely "in even" before God who is the most powerful."The Father...

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