Yomi Okunowo Department of English Tai Solarin University of Education P.M.B 2118 Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria Abstract Proverb incorporation, proverb reformulation and manipulation are Osundare’s rhetorical forte. Critical analysis that carries an in-depth focus has not been paid to proverbs as trope and aesthetic of meaning in Osundare’s poetry, except in passing. This may be…