In Memory of Radio

What metaphors are used in In Memory of Radio by Amiri Baraka?

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The speaker's cockiness in the opening stanza, particularly when he compares himself to Mandrake the Magician, an icon of mid-century popular culture, is seemingly, a metaphor of one of poets' historical roles to construct make believe worlds.

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In Memory of Radio