When is the poet greatly absorbed by the procession?
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Introduction
Though made over three decades ago, the submission by Gibbs (14) on Wole Soy-
inka’s works remains valid. The critic observes of the writer’s works in the words
following: “His writing is always worthwhile and sometimes masterly. Almost all
of it bears frequent re-reading and yields new depths on each encounter. It will en-
dure.” “Procession” belongs to this category of Soyinka’s writing but it is surprising
however that over three decades after its publication its criticism has not yielded
new depths and the sequence has continued to be read largely only in the light of
politics, history and the poet’s experience. “Procession” is a sequence under the sub-
section with the same title “Procession” in A Shuttle in the Crypt and comprises two
poems for which Soyinka adopts the title of the subsection, titling them “Procession
I” and “Procession II” respectively but also refers to correspondingly as “Hanging
Day” and “Passage”. The other five poems in the subsection have titles independent
of “Procession” such as “Last Turning”, “Recession”, “Hunt of the Stone”, “Space
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