Question

why dose the poet gabriel okara wish to behave as he did in his childhood?what does he wish to learn from is son? in 150 word answer​

Answer 1

• This is a poem by the Nigerian poet Gabriel Okara, in which he laments the lost innocence and condemns the hypocrisy of adults. in and constrained by rules and conventions – adopting masks for different occasions: for lying, cheating and betraying – whereas for youth it quite different safe to say opposite.
• What the poet wants us to learn from is son is the innocence of youth. As the Laugh is a metaphor for change. Why he wants us to learn this is cause as we grow and go through life we should not loose our innocence.