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"Ogun" is a compelling poem which studies the life and work of a carpenter who suppresses the true artist within himself to succeed in the world.
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Whitney Broyles October 9, 2002 Advanced Placement Literature Third Period Ogun "Ogun" is a compelling poem which studies the life and work of a carpenter who suppresses the true artist within himself to succeed in the world. The theme, which Braithwaite delineates is understood when he exemplifies the carpenter's shift from an apollonian designer to a more dionysian artist who does not work for "what the world preferred," but for his own release of anger. The carpenter's very structured and routine occupation is presented to the reader in the first stanza as the speaker lists the tasks of his uncle's carpentry: "My uncle made chairs, balanced doors on, dug out coffins, smoothing the white wood out." From this nothing unusual or special is inferred or hinted at about the uncle or his work. The physical illustration of the uncle is connected to his work by the comparison of...
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