Question

What was the poet in "Once Upon a Time" forgotten and what is his desire?

Answer 1

The poet of the poem “Once upon a time” is Gabriel Okara who is a Nigerian. He was born on 24th or 21st of April in the year 1921.In that year Nigeria got independence from Britain so at that time they were still influenced by the British culture. The background of the poem is that he is remembering the way people used to behave and interact with each other and he is comparing it with how people interact with others now. How the people used to do things with their hearts and with pleasure and happiness. It describes what happens when a traditional African culture and civilisation meets with the western culture. My personal opinion of the purpose of this poem is to outline the behaviour and personality people have at the moment and try and bring them back to the personality that people used to have, when they used to do things with emotion and with their heart

The poem is a conversation between a father and his son where the son does things with emotion and the father wants to forget his fake personality and re-learn and create real personalities from his son. And he is asking the son to show him how to express true love and show real personality to others.

Answer 2

The poet has used his smile to express that has forgotten to laugh.His deepest desire is to go back to the innocence of childhood.

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Answer 3

The poet has used his smile to express that has forgotten to laugh.His deepest desire is to go back to the innocence of childhood.

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