In the midst of many modern poets, Gabriel Okara makes his stand as one of the most significant Nigerian lyricists. Okara speaks of the same impressions of the controversial novelist Chinua Achebe. In the poem "Piano and Drums," Gabriel Okara shows the differences amid the past life and the up to date world. Some aspects in his verse date back before the beginning of evolution. In this essay I will reproduce on Okara's concepts and visions. The verse is efficiently written in Verse Libre or free verse. This allows Okara to freely state his thoughts without any restrictions in poem or rhythm, yet the verse inhibits an influential rhythm. This method gives a lyric sort tone to the verse, aiming on the indication of the speaker's experiences and how different and complex life has become. From "...simple paths with no modernism..." formed with "...the naked heat of hurrying feet..." contrasting powerfully with the up to date day "...complex ways...," this reiterates the title's powerful contrast, piano's and drums. Thus by using no characteristic poem or rhythm, Okara creates a monologue lyric pensive on the speaker's experiences and visions. In the verse, there is a strong difference among the symbols shown in the name. The drums, representing symbolically very old native life; simple yet solid, some of the perspectives date back to previous times before the acts of society but most significantly European imperialism. The drums have a "...magic rhythm..." having an unrehearsed, "...vital, raw..." sense to their powerful simple, basic beat as opposed to the piano. The poem allegorically symbolises the Western World but more specifically the European contest. This declaration is created for the reason that of the difficulty of the instrument; a human being should possess some sort of information. The speaker describes the sound of the piano as "...wailing..." this also contrasts with the "...pulsing..." hit of the drum. In the course of these elements of contrast, the speaker figuratively describes to us a sense of transform and a feeling of defeat.