tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post9193965199815188700..comments2023-12-06T19:01:10.313+00:00Comments on One Ghana, One Voice: State of the Nation's Loss - Darko AntwiRob Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06507320627534702508noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-53674976373681402842012-08-11T19:11:51.682+00:002012-08-11T19:11:51.682+00:00The idea behind the first stanza tells it all. The...The idea behind the first stanza tells it all. The introduction is outstanding. A very good piece.Patrick Aggreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562771973966085538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555516329392912719.post-21242394963366456132012-08-06T16:07:07.803+00:002012-08-06T16:07:07.803+00:00Well done, Snr. Poet Darko Antwi. I know I will de...Well done, Snr. Poet Darko Antwi. I know I will definitely come back here on OGOV to add my comments on The last words of Aunt Araba - Darko Antwi, since he has really impressed me with his flair for postmortem poetry ranging from The Burial of Saint Domeabra - Darko Antwi etc… but little did I know that we shall all hearken to the clarion call from OGOV and be singing the same elegiac songs for our late president John Atta Mills. <br /><br />With this latest one, State of the Nation's Loss - Darko Antwi , SP Darko has proven himself worthy of a serious second look as he has continued to capture all the intricacies and attributes of elegiac poetry something akin to the dirge poetry of Kofi Awoonor. He does this in a subtle panoramic way, an objective stance - perhaps a new dimension to the elegy which is the traditional poem for mourning. He creates a distinction between a proper elegy-- which expresses sorrow and a search for consolation--and "elegiac" poetry that meditates on loss, grief, death, and mortality in a variety of verse forms, such as the ode, epitaph, and eulogy.Delatrophyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05187687396058255540noreply@blogger.com