“Refugee blues” is 1 of the poems written by W H Auden. It is about a sad and terrible plight of being a Jew in the wrong place at the wrong time. Obviously‚ as a refugee‚ the couple has lost their home‚ their country and their identity. The melancholy feeling comes through strongly in the blues - a sad song. Though the poem is about 2 people at a particular time in the past the thoughts and feelings of the poem’s narrator might be similar to situations in any part of the world 2day.this poem is
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Refugee Blues Language: The speaker is talking to someone "My dear" (perhaps his wife)‚ the language and tone is very conversational. Each stanza intensifies the situation in the poem. The first stanza brings out that the refugees are homeless. Though there are millions in the city all of whom have some kind of home but the refugees have nowhere to go. In stanza 2‚ the couple cannot stay in their country. It compares two living people with the old yew tree. "Officially dead" means you cannot make
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The poem “Refugee Blues” represents the refugees of the Holocaust. This event is similar to the current day event of the Syrian civil war. This event also involves refugees fleeing due to the toll the wars are paying on their life’s. Both of these events would be traumatizing for whoever witnessed and survived them. It would be hard and disturbing to have to reflect on an event so tragic your whole life. The Holocaust last from 19331945. The Syrian war began on March 13‚2011 and is still being fought
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"Disabled" / "Refugee Blues": A Poem Comparison Essay The subject of war and the loss of human life has had a deep influence on poetry of the first half of the 20th century. Many poets from around the world had felt the direct impact of earth-shattering wars and went on to express their opinions through their works. It was during wartime eras that the poems "Disabled" and "Refugee Blues" were written by Wilfred Owen and W.H. Auden respectively. Both of the given war poems are considered
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Disabled and Refugee Blues‚ written by Wilfred Owen and W.H. Auden respectively‚ are both responses to exile and isolation and a cry for those who are suffering from them. Disabled‚ written in 1917‚ was a response to the isolation caused by disability and especially that of war veterans. Auden’s‚ Refugee Blues‚ written in 1939 on the outbreak of the Second World War‚ was criticism of the widespread discrimination of Jews in Europe and more specifically German Jews by the Nazis. A key difference between
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belonging‚ but may also be easier for others. In the poem‚ “St Patricks College” by Peter Skrzynecki‚ and “Refugee Blues” by Wystan Hugh Auden‚ it demonstrates how belonging can be difficult for some people. Whereas in the poem‚ “Feliks Skrzynecki” also by Peter Skrzynecki‚ it contrastingly shows how others find it easy to belong‚ even if they find it hard in other factors. Belonging can be influenced by external forces. This can be seen in the poem St Patricks College where Peter was sent to the school
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Auden convey the negative effects of war in their poems ‘Disabled’ and ‘Refugee Blues’’? In the poems Disabled and Refugee Blues‚ the writers‚ Owen and Auden respectively‚ convey the negative effects of war in a variety of ways. Through the use structuring‚ literary and figurative devices‚ Auden subtly shows the negative effects of war‚ whereas Owen does this it more explicitly‚ showing the de-humanizing‚ gruesome effects of war. In the poem Disabled‚ Owen displays the more gruesome‚ horrendous
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my skull. I believe this helped my compose a melody for this poem. As I was reading this poem‚ my first impression was‚ "How am I supposed to make a melody out of this?". However‚ upon reading this poem‚ I got a feel of what this poem means. This poem is about a Blue Heron‚ a bird‚ that is looking is looking for food in November. As I was reading the poem‚ I decided to focus on the first half of the poem for my melody. Picturing a Blue Heron walking through the cold ponds in November with his gray
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D. H. Lawrence’s poem “Piano” and Langston Hughes “The Weary Blue” are two remarkable poems about the connection they encounter with music. Lawrence and Hughes both use music to remind them of moments in life when music impacted them most. While both poems have similarities they also have vast differences. The poems “Piano” and “The Weary Blue” both use music as a theme‚ but the poets tone is what makes the poems different. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Langston Hughes “The
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Again‚ explains the hardships of what a refugee experiences. At only the age of 10 Ha‚ the main character is forced to flee her home because of war‚ leaving behind everything. After staying in a crowded refugee camp for a short period of time‚ Ha and her family gets moved to the USA to settle. There Ha has to adapt to their culture‚ language‚ and their way of life to fit in‚ like numerous other refugees. Ha’s refugee experience relates to the universal refugee experience. The primary purpose of people
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