Poetry anthology

I decided to choose the lyric because it brings a clear picture of the problems that people undergo when they are refugees. Also the title of the poem gives off an initial impression that the poem may focus on refugees who flee to seek refuge. The life of refugee children, their parents, their feelings, emotions and the pain they undergo (Bloom, 2005). The poet describes the mother and her child in a refugee camp. The camp is plagued with starvation, disease and death. Most mothers are too weak to take care of their children any longer and don’t care what might happen.

However the description of the mother in the poem is combing the hair of her dying young child. The little action is noticeable here because it is not an act of routine but instead it’s an act of love in a situation of death. If we take a clear picture of line one –three there is relative tenderness of Madonna and child. The words Madonna and child show a clear reference to the numerous depictions which are in form of sculptures and paintings of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Jesus. After these paintings and beautiful sculptures there is knowledge that the child will come to die a terrible death which is witnessed by the mother.

The picture of Virgin Mary is depicted by Chinua Achebe in his idea that is presented in the poem. The refugee mother will not have another option rather than to accept and try to move on after the death of her child, in he same way the Virgin Mary had come to terms with crucifixion of her son. The poet describes the refugee camp as being infected with starvation, disease, and death. He describes the smell of the camp where many inhabitants suffer from diarrhea. Their ribs protrude as a result of starvation which is revealed with the little flesh they have in their body.

There are some sort of labored movements of starving refugees who have large and extended stomachs. In the poem we can see that most women no longer care of what will happen. They no longer cope with the struggle of surviving and are now waiting for death. The poet looks deeper than and tender than a Madonna and child. She holds a remainder of smile as she grooms her little boy. She has pride in her actions and her looks as she combs the child’s rust-colored hair. The description of the child’s hair has a terrible pathos, which indicates that the child is suffering from kwashiorkor a condition brought about by lack of proteins.

We can also see how the poet is affected by the manner in which the mother carefully parts the child’s hair. He considers all mothers of the world who take care of their children especially in the early morning before they go to school. The nature of such an act for many women of the world is not put into consideration, but for this woman it is a final act of love for somebody who is dying. The poem is very interesting because of the photojournalistic style that is accompanied by the wide use of sensory imagery.

Reader’s senses have been addressed through use of irresistible and ceaseless effects that are created by the poet for example, washed out ribs and dried out bottoms. Alliteration is also present for example behind blown empty bellies, where the plosives produce a harsh sound ,enhancing a cruel irony of image of distended stomachs caused by severe malnutrition. The use of semantic field of a disease and unwavering descriptions of body parts were of great impact because the statement seems to be frank about the readers.

There is continuous use of the positive terms such as tenderness, pride, smile, and flowers in describing the mother’s feelings towards her child. These terms describe the mother’s feelings towards her dying child. There are some contexts within the poem that seems the mother’s love extremely painful and poignant for example,” held a ghost smile between her teeth”. The use of ghost in the poem shows that a mother’s love is one of the most consistent and unwavering thing in life because without love it is hard for one to withstand all the suffering and the knowledge that her child is dying.

The poem has some factual unemotional language that is used throughout together with excursion from the main subject of the poem. For example in the first two stanzas readers are doubtful which builds up their anticipation. But in the last stanzas readers come to understand that such poems that relate to war can at times be written in an understandable language and tone. Dover beach This s a short lyric poem where the poet begins with a naturalistic and detailed nightscape of the beach at Dover that brings in some sought of imagery.

Readers think that this poem was written during his honey moon but some may conclude that the poet was writing about his bride. The poem is so interesting because the writer seemed to focus on naturalistic scene, its sounds cape and the retreating actions of the tide. For example he hears the sound of the sea as the eternal note of sadness. The poem has a mournful tone of an elegy and the personal intensity of dramatic monologue which make it more interesting and thus capturing the eye of the reader.

The meter and the rhyme vary from line to line which make it to be free verse in a manner that it is unencumbered by strictures of traditional versification. The theme that is revealed in the poem shows the challenges to the validity of longstanding theological and moral prospects which have shaken the church and the people of God. Therefore the existence of God and the whole Christian society was in doubt and that is why he decided to write the poem. In the first stanza the water represents the image of the moon. The aspect of the moon establishes a sense of rhythm such in that the light blinks on and off.

In the second stanza the Sophocles say that god can really ruin the people and can be passed from one generation to another. In the third stanza we see that there was a time when God was strong and comforting. This faiths within us and protects us from doubts and despair. But the sea of faith has suddenly become the sea of reservation where science is trying to challenge the principles of theology and religion. Human misery makes people feel abandoned, lonely and they prefer to place their faith in material things. REFERENCE Bloom, V. (2005). Poetry Anthology – A Poison Tree. New York, Ginn.

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