The Speaker: “From song of Ocol”
The speaker in “From song of Ocol” reminisces about the liberation night when the compatriots embarked on merry making after their country was permitted its sovereignty.
The Speaker: “The Horn of My Love”
The speaker is captivated by a man who cannot manage to pay for her dowry. The speaker is anxious, for she is not well-informed about the lover’s whereabouts.
The Man: “The Horn of My Love”
The man is deprived; hence, he is deficient of satisfactory cattle to disburse dowry for his lover.
The Speaker: “My Husband’s Tongue is Bitter”
The speaker is a woman who is aggrieved by her husband’s affronts. She sponsors traditionalism which makes her husband to regard her as regressive.
Ocol: “My Husband’s Tongue is Bitter”
The narcissistic husband degrades his spouse and her parents using English (a language they ostensibly do not grasp) because he is certain that he is sophisticated.
