#8221; (36). Bowering is trying to show that thepoetic voice is lost or confused. The word “roots” (36) is there to illustrate the poeticvoice's family line. Again, we as readers, are not sure his past, but all the metaphors andsimile help to give a picture of what the situation might be. The term “indiscriminate” iskey because it shows that the poetic voice doesn't know where he comes from andtherefore doesn't know where to go now. Mayrilyn Bowering used many metaphors to make the poem “Wishing Africa.” These metaphors open and make the poem come alive with every word. She makes you,as the reader, think. The metaphors also make the reader feel the power of the words asthe come off the page and into your mind. Bowering’s “Wishing Africa” contains somevery imaginative and mind opening metaphors. ...
