Analysis Of Our Earth Will Not Die By Niyi Osundare

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Niyi Osundare “Our Earth Will Not Die” starts off as a sober and painful description of the earth due to human’s constant pollution. In this modern poem, Osundare shadows the environmental awareness of earth deterioration by humans. He emphasizes the fact that although earth going through this crisis It can still endeavor. Osundare voiced his opinion on an important matter that although was written in 1986, still pertains to the way the earth is treated in today's society. Osundare poem showed a great outlook on his knowledge of the environmental and industrial background. In my opinion, I strongly agree with his visual description of the way the earth is treated. On the other hand, Osundare still has this great hope that earth will strive …show more content…

As the earth is still being personified as a human he connects pollution to a human having a bladder infection. “A lake being killed by arsenic urine from the bladder for profit factories... parting waters.” Throughout this stanza, Osundare creates lifelike imagery of the harmful waste productions from factories spreading like poison in our lakes and streams. Eventually ending up in our seas and just like a sickness, oceans will figuratively start to cough and become sick filled with the toxic waste products. The end product of this event would be acid rain according to the poem. In lines 22-25, Osundare shows an illustration of acid rain so strong it taints the clouds and storms down so sharp it cuts branches in half and killing all animals in sight. He uses various amounts of visual images and figurative language to point out the environmental suffering through human-like and environmental activities.
As the poem continues, it has a complete change in tone. For what was once a depressing poem, turned around into a reassurance and more optimistic outlook for the earth. As seen in lines 35-49, it portrays celebrations of renewal of the earth. “the westering sun will rise again” symbolizes hope that earth will soon like a natural cycle will overcome its current troubles. Osundare continues to re-affirms that

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