What is the author's style in Prayer to the Masks by Leopold Sedar Senghor?

Through his use of analogy, the poet sets in resonance the human and natural worlds, and the historical present with the mythic past. Thus, in the third line, the mask becomes a map that in turn relates to the territory across which the wind blows. The figure of the lion refers at the same time to the father's name, to the mythic lion who was said to be the first ancestor of the family line, to the mask that represents the ancestor's spirit, and to the noble qualities that have communicated themselves through the blood. The image of flour, yeast, and bread in line 16 refer both to the colors associated with Europeans and Africans (white flour and brown yeast) and suggest a future cooperation that will be beneficially "nourishing" to everyone. The image of the "men of cotton, of coffee, of oil" in line 20 brings together the features of the hair and skin of the African with the typical products of his labor.