An African Elegy
How does Robert Duncan use imagery in An African Elegy?
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"An African Elegy" uses symbolic imagery to carry the emotional weight of the poem. Some of Duncan's primary symbols include the Congo, Africa and African nature, African Negroes, blood, and dogs. These images represent a complex of ideas including the unconscious elements of human desire, the ubiquity and reality of death, and the tenuousness of human identity and of life.
An African Elegy