What does the poet mean by the awakening age"?

Ben Okri's poetry "The Awakening Age" is a poem of optimism. The author has expressed his wishes for all the unfortunate Nigerians in this poetry, who were torn apart by the destructive civil war that raged for three essential years. With the start of civil peace, when everyone would be able to go into the new world of the awakened era, the poet wishes for their happiness.The poet hopes that all of these unhappy and dispersed Nigerians will have a vision of a better future, one that is full...

Relate the rhyme scheme of this sonnet to the kind of life idealized by the poet.

Ben Okri's poem "The Awakening Age" is a sonnet. A poem of fourteen lines is called a sonnet. Each stanza of this sonnet contains a rhyming couplet, and the rhyme pattern is straightforward and sonorous, giving it a rhythmic tone. The words rhyme with AA, BB, CC, DD, EE, and FF. Hence, the poem has a total of seven couplets.

The seven varied rhyming pairs illustrate how variety and unity coexist. Each pair is distinct and significant, which adds to the harmony and melody of the entire poem....