He published his collection of poems titled satellites in 1967.
Summary of the poem the fence by lenrie peters.
Background of the poet.
His poem is a reflection of the condition in his country.
He studied in gambia sierra leone and england.
Lenrie peters is a 76 years old gambian medical doctor.
Though renowned for his poems he has a novel to his credit titled the second round.
Poems by lenrie peters.
Here s a full analysis of the poem homecoming by lenrie peters tailored towards a level students but also suitable for those studying at a higher level.
Read full simple summary of the fence.
He then goes on to express his fence sitting at each.
Vocabulary story summary speaker voice language features structure form context attitudes themes.
He was a gambian writer poet singer broadcaster and surgeon.
He was once the chairman of the west african examination council waec.
Thematic analysis in the fence dr.
Lenrie peters subtly catechizes a few areas of human life through which certain human vulnerabilities are unveiled.
Lenrie peters the fence poem by african poems.
He presents different hypothetical junctions at which contrasts meet.
The panic of growing older by peter lenrie introduction the poem is like a moving van that plies the life span of humans from the days 0f the youth to the time when age comes knocking.
There where the dim past and future mingletheir nebulous hopes and aspirationsthere i lie.
The poem is an artistic chronicle of the poet persona s irresoluteness on real temporal and abstruse issues affecting human lives.
The poet addresses among others the following themes.
It educates the reader on what happens at every stage of human life.
He was born in gambia in 1932.
He recounts the dim p.
Indecision the middle position fence sitting maintained by the poet persona in every stanza of the poem but one is a distinct manifestation of the indecisiveness of.
From the exuberant youthful expectations.
Lenrie peters 1932 2009 wrote the poem the panic of growing older.
There where the dim past and future mingletheir nebulous hopes and aspirationsthere i lie.
Lenrie leopold wilfred peters 1932 2009 was born in what is now known as banjul the capital of gambia.
Lenrie peters the fence poem by african poems.
