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Telephone ConversationBy: Wole Soyinka This one stanza poem clearly elaborates on the idea of color prejudice that is common among most of middle class society. It
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Poetry Essay Telephone Conversation By: Wole Soyinka This one stanza poem clearly elaborates on the idea of color prejudice that is common among most of middle class society. It shows that how ever well educated and proper a black person might be, he is still not trusted by most whites. It also shows how colored people view the idea of questioning the darkness of their skin and also how the landlady, the white representative, views it. The poet starts out with an impersonal style at the beginning. He gives us an idea about the circumstances surrounding the situation, by revealing that he is trying to rent an apartment, and has found that this one seems to have a "reasonable" price, the "location", and the "landlady swore she lived off the premises". He then faces another problem which he seems to have experienced before; this problem is confessing his skin color to the landlady. Since...
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