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As the poem opens we are introduced to a man who is burdened with the demanding and tedious job of cutting rice. As we move into the poem we find that this man, is a slave, who has dreams and aspirations of his own. His mind spirals into imaginings about his family and his kingdom. He is so entranced by his imagination that he doesn’t even recognize death when she sweeps him into her treacherous embrace. At the beginning we find the slave alongside scattered rice. His tool, a sickle is in his hand, and the effect of his draining work on his physical countenance. His hair is tousled and his chest uncovered. Fatigue takes it toll and we find that he falls asleep. In the murky gloom of sleep he find his dream. This is acts as a foreword to the poem, as here we are made familiar with the slave, his work as well the main constituent of the poem, his dream. As we move ahead in the poem we find ourselves wading through the infinite sea of his dreams. The grand Niger surges forward making it’s path underneath the palm tree on the plain. He envisages himself to be a king. An influential king who marches through his land and is respected by one and all. The slave so absorbed in his dream, hears the “tinkling” caravans as th