we refugees

• We refugees structure

  -denial of rhyme reinforces message

  -larger stanzas allow emphasis

  -end stop line at end of each paragraph emphasises message with wider meaning

  -positive opening line such as “i come from a musical place
• we refugees message

  -can happen to anyone

  -struglle to leave home
• we refugees imagery

  censorship“all it takes is a mad leader” “they ban free poetry“

  ”only takes a handshake

  positivity “beautiful place” “sandy place”

  nature “valley floods” “hurricane tell us that we must keep moving on”
• we refugees language

  “brother has been tortured by my brother in the land” juxtaposing relations-lost sense of community

  refrain of “i am told” in 2nd to last stanza uses repetition to reinforce inability to tell story

  “they ban free poetry””they hate my shade of skin”-helps to demontrate anonymity of cause”
• we refugees comparison

  belonging -kuamkanda solidarity of lack of feelings

  identity-us