He studied in gambia sierra leone and england.
Summary of the poem the fence by lenrie peters.
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 is a 76 years old gambian medical doctor.
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.
His poem is a reflection of the condition in his country.
Simple summary of the fence by lenrie peters according to an intelectual source the poem is a moral one which deals with the poet s dillema.
He was an exceptional surgeon a poet a playwright and a politician.
He was a gambian writer poet singer broadcaster and surgeon.
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Though renowned for his poems he has a novel to his credit titled the second round.
He presents different hypothetical junctions at which contrasts meet.
From the exuberant youthful expectations.
Poems by lenrie peters.
Thematic analysis in the fence dr.
There where the dim past and future mingletheir nebulous hopes and aspirationsthere i lie.
He was once the chairman of the west african examination council waec.
Lenrie peters subtly catechizes a few areas of human life through which certain human vulnerabilities are unveiled.
He recounts the dim p.
The poet addresses among others the following themes.
Lenrie peters 1932 2009 wrote the poem the panic of growing older.
The fence by lenrie peters.
He then goes on to express his fence sitting at each.
Background of the poet.
He published his collection of poems titled satellites in 1967.
The poem is an artistic chronicle of the poet persona s irresoluteness on real temporal and abstruse issues affecting human lives.
Vocabulary story summary speaker voice language features structure form context attitudes themes.
Lenrie peters the fence poem by african poems.
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.
Lenrie peters the fence poem by african poems.
