‘I have learnt to wear many faces like dresses’ (a) Who does ‘I’ refer to? (b) Why did the poet wear many faces?

Question

Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:

 ‘I have learnt to wear many faces like dresses’

(a) Who does ‘I’ refer to?

(b) Why did the poet wear many faces?

(c) What is the figure of speech employed here.

Answer 1

(a) ‘I’refers to the poet Gabriel Okara.

(b) The poet wore many faces to suit the situation and to be accepted by fellow humans in the society.

(c) Simile – faces like dresses.