Question

Once upon a time by gabriel okara summary

Answer 1

The poet regrets for losing the traits of his own character such as honesty, modest and sincerity. He laments over getting corrupted by the ways of the world. He regrets for his character being influenced by hypocrisy and fallacies of the world. The poet requests his son to help him regain his sincere and heartful, innocent and child-like smile.
The people in their childhood when they didn't know the falsehood and hypocrisy of the world when they were not corrupted by the ways of the world, shook hands with their heats.

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