Mother in a Refugee Camp Chinua Achebe’s Mother in a Refugee Camp‚ paints the pathetic picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the inevitability of death and the pain of those whose loved ones have died yet they live on in a harsh light. The poem starts with the poet comparing the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with the love and care which is usually depicted in all versions of Mary holding a ding Jesus in her arms. The poet
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contrast‚ ‘Ozymandias’ a sonnet‚ describes how an ancient king was once a powerful leader but today his work has faded by the destructive power of history which implies the insignificance of human beings over a passage of time. Whereas in ‘Poem of Thirty-Nine’ the daughter continues her life through the lessons her father taught her. ‘Ozymandias’ is about a meeting with the poet and a “traveller” who describes the story of King Ozymandias’s “shattered” statue. The traveller explains how the statue
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The poem does not rhyme but the poet has used repetition to slow the poem down and make the reader feel the heaviness of heart that the poet feels. The poet uses similes and metaphors throughout the poem for example when he says ‘I have learned to wear many faces like dresses’ implying different expressions for different occasions. The poet has used a very strong metaphor when he writes that his laugh in the mirror is ‘like a snakes bare fangs’. A snake is commonly used in mythology and fairy tales
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wood‚ staring into the fire. • She thinks that there might have been a slow process of relationship building. The structure of this poem is a free verse; therefore it does not have any rhyme pattern. These rhymes add to the free flowing of the poem. Walker writes the poem in free verse so she can revive the feeling with her father any time. The poem is written in free verse so every time when Walker thinks of her father‚ she can use it to convey herself the habits of her
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Poem at thirty-nine by Alice Walker and Piano by D.H Lawrence in my opinion are both poems which share the same theme of memories and nostalgic remembrance. The two poems contain many similarities but at the same time also have many differences between them. The essay will concentrate on nostalgia‚ for an idealized past‚ remembrance of a loved one or the missing of the unconditional love between a parent and child. It will also evaluate to what extent they are similar regarding the tones‚ the language
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used by cartoon artists to voice their own opinions on the issues and matters that we as Australians are faced with. A big genre includes Refugees and asylum seeker issues and problems. An example of this is an artwork by an artist living in a Refugee Camp. There is a clear difference between the baby that is in a detention centre and a baby that has freedom. This is done through binary opposites – for every positive there is a negative. An example of this is the baby on the left who only thinks
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About the Poet Chinua Achebe (pronounced /ˈtʃɪnwɑː əˈtʃɛbeɪ/ born Albert Chinụalụmọgụ Achebe on November 16‚ 1930) is a Nigerian novelist‚ poet‚ professor at Brown University and critic. He is best known for his first novel‚ Things Fall Apart (1958)‚ which is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria‚ Achebe excelled at school and won a scholarship for undergraduate studies. He became fascinated with
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English Commentary Refugee Mother and Child From the beginning of this poem ( the title) to the end of the poem we can feel a sense of pain that the son undergoes as well as the pain and love a mother of a refugee also goes through. In this poem- Refugee mother and her child‚ Chinua Achebe starts off with a very melancholy tone as we are made to imagine the sorrow in a mother’s heart as she would soon have to forget and let go of her dying son. Achebe begins with a bond of affection by using
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Natural disasters have always devastated human lives miserably. Be it an earthquake‚ hurricane‚ flood‚ tsunami or any other kind. The human life in the worse affected area reaches to a zero. Almost everything from food‚ clothing and shelter to the luxuries are to be restored from scratch. Series of scams and frauds that follow any natural disaster compel me to think ‘if natural disasters are really an act of God or man?’ Though economists keep studying the affects of natural disasters from an
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Mother in a Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe‚ illustrates the wretched picture of a mother holding her dying son in her hands for the last time‚ portraying both the certainty of death and the pain of people whose loved ones have died but still live life on a dim light. The poem starts with a comparison between the scene of a mother holding her son in a refugee camp with love and care and the depiction of all versions of Mary holding a dying Jesus in her arms. The poet points out that none of the reputed
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