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Confession

The poem 'Confession' by Kofi Kinaata explores themes of drunkenness and the consequences of neglecting religious duties. Through metaphorical language, the persona reflects on the chaos of life when under the influence, illustrating a struggle between indulgence and spiritual awareness. The poem serves as a cautionary tale against drinking and driving, emphasizing the need for self-awareness and moral responsibility.

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Confession

The poem 'Confession' by Kofi Kinaata explores themes of drunkenness and the consequences of neglecting religious duties. Through metaphorical language, the persona reflects on the chaos of life when under the influence, illustrating a struggle between indulgence and spiritual awareness. The poem serves as a cautionary tale against drinking and driving, emphasizing the need for self-awareness and moral responsibility.

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KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCE

LITERATURE

GROUP 27
CONFESSION BY KOFI KINAATA.

Oh lord come take the wheel

For I’m drunk, I can’t see

I am about to lose control

Ei , I can’t see , I am about to lose control, lord

Sunday, from here I go to sakomono

I get mad there when I am told the ono-tuo is finished

Pastor can call and ask of my whereabouts

When it comes to church attendance, Mensah s my brother

I am a truant

But instead of being in church, I will be in Vienna City

My best friend has come from Equatorial Guinea

All the boys get drunk


We box up the alcoholic drinks; what we took was epitorial guiness

I am really, I am in a real stupor

I go reverse without looking back

The road signs make no sense

The red light is an old currency; I jump it

SURFACE MEANING.

This poem is a lyrical poem,a street gospel.

Stanza one: Is about the persona losing his ability to drive because he is drunk and

he is seeking the help of the lord.

Stanza two: The persona goes further to say he will be going to eat omo- tuo on

Sunday. Rather than going to church he will be at Vienna city. His pastor will ask

of his where about but when it comes to church he is truant which shows he

doesn’t care about that.

Stanza three: His best friend has arrived from Equatorial Guinea and because of

that they will be jubilating. They got drunk with Guinness and pito. He is so drunk

that he can’t even obey the road signs.


CONOTATIONAL MEANING.

Kofi kinaata’s poem is purely metaphorical. He describes things in terms of others.

He talks about the steering wheel, driving to a destination and in conceptual theory,

life is a journey that begins from one point to another and in every journey there

are positive and negative aspects of it.

In the second and third stanzas of the poem, there are list of things that satisfy the

human body. These serve as long list of things that serve as blockage in his

journey. They do not just allow him to go ,he is not only confused but he also goes

blind and has lost his whole being to the extent that when he gets to the traffic light

he can’t even notice the red light is on. That is why he is giving that cry sound;

oh! Lord come take the. So all that is listed in this poem are the obstacles, their

presence of which can’t allow one to get to his destination.

The persona used the language of the street but this a poem of evangelism. He is

speaking like a sinner and crying like a sinner and not someone who is holy. That

is why he uses the language known as social linguistic. “This is a language that

belongs to a particular group of people (getto). He is speaking to people in the

getto but not people in the church.

The message in this poem is that, you are doing all sort of despicable things and if

you don’t stop you will lose your soul.


SUBJECT MATTER

Persona

THEME

Basically, the poem is telling us not to drink and drive. We should be religiously

conscious.

DICTION.

choice of words are simple example Mensah, Vienna city(club), epitorial

guiness(pito and guiness),alcoholic drinks,equatorial guinea,sakomono,

STYLE

It is a three stanza poem. The first stanza has four lines, second stanza has six lines

and third stanza has seven lines.


LITERARY DEVICE

Repetition in the third and fourth line of the first stanza

Metaphor-the red light is an old currency

Alliteration-last line of second stanza

Imagery –stanza one has visual imagery, line 13 and line 14 has kinesthetic

imagery.

MOOD

Confused

TONE

Depressed

JUDGEMENT

The poet has been able to meet through the use of a few literary devices , images

and themes as well as subject matter. The diction also conjours up proper images

within a community and the lifestyle of people. We praise the writer on addressing

the difficulties people face in their lives and advising them on it in a form of a

poem.
No NAMES INDEX No
1. MINTAH BENEDICTA

2. ASANTE EMMANUELLA 5610716

3. AYISHATU ABDUL KARIM 5612516

4. AKWADAH RICHMOND 5605716

5. KASIPEH SIEH EUNICE 5620818

6. BLANKSO SYDNEY STANLEY 5613916

7. AWINBILLA RAYMOND 5612116

8. ACHEAMPONG JENNIFER

9. BOATENG RITA 5615316

10. BERCHIE PETRA ACHIAA 5613816

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