“Boubou”

By Robert Berold

 

The poem is from Rain Across a Paper Field, page 25.

 

What is a boubou?

Here is a swamp boubou

 

For Discussion:

*   What role does sound play in this poem?

*   What evidence do you find that the poet is not using words literally in this poem?  How can the poem be read figuratively?

* What is the smell mentioned in the last line?

* What is this poem about, that is, what is it’s theme or message?

 

 

 

Created by Stan Galloway 3 January 2002.  Late edited 2 June 2005.  Send comments to sgallowa@bridgewater.edu.