Discuss the effective use of satire in the leader and the led

Niyi employs satire to critique 'the political brawls and estimations of Nigeria's major linguistic groups.'

Explanation:

As we know, satire is a literary device that primarily aims to ridicule or critique the social or political follies in order to bring it to attention. In the poem titled 'The Leader and the led' by Niyi Osundare, satire has been employed to mock the major political groups of Nigeria who are in the rat race to gain political power as well as money. He also ridicules them by saying that they even fail to glorify their best leaders and constantly being involved in buying votes, murdering people to gain power, and turning animalistic in nature.

the swan might be a metaphor for our soul, which is ancient and timeless. the speaker wants to know where it's going and what it wants, what's the purpose in life. he asks our soul to follow him in knowing that god is us and the answer to the question "who am i" that was written on the wind of god's whim to know himself that blew over his being in the beginning of creation. and to connect to god consciously on the path to knowing him is the joy of loving him, like a bee that will grow and end our sorrows by ending desire. in that connection there is no doubt about god and existing forever.

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made man, i'll never forget

mine is worth far more

these are hyperbolic statements, i hope it