However, its theme of migration and identity got me thinking about one of my favourite poems – Home by Warsan Shire. “…no one put their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than the land” (Shire, 24-25) and “only tearing up your passport in an airport toilet” (Shire, 20).I’m currently reading David Mogo Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa. It reflect the total opposite picture of the home.įrom first word to end line the tone of the poem is anger and sadness as well as creating awareness for host countries to welcome refugees. What’s going on in future? Home can be a death place for the owners. That means no one can predict what is next. When home says leave me, find a safer place, save your lives, run away don’t know what I am going to be. Home is a symbol of life and safe place of living not only for human beings as well as for animals. This line is very informative because she convey the reason of leaving home: “…home is a sweaty voice in your ear / saying- / leave / run away from me now / I don’t know what I’ve become / but I know that anywhere / is safer than here” (Shire, 89-95). The whole poem has very powerful message and the selection of the words and uses of literary devices are very emotional and appealing. She also alerts the responsible authorities to notice, accept, and have some action and responsibility the welfare of refugees. There is someone who thinks about them and who can bring effort to raise awareness about their problems in popular culture because of the ongoing crises in the Middle East. The social function of this poem is that she send a strong message to refugees making them know that they are not alone, by giving them a voice which needs to be heard. Do not give up, but believe circumstances will get better. The speaker insinuates that you can run when things get wrong but this will be a part of your memory forever. In addition she reveals that there is no replacement for home and this is natural it can’t be made or taken away.
She therefore feel a lot of empathy for those asylum seekers. I believe that Warsan Shire as women understands deeply the implication of driven out of one’s home. It elaborates the racism attitude of some of the receiving countries which uses bad words like black refugees, dirty immigrants, asylum seekers and suckers to expose the attitude of hosting countries.one of the metaphor uses in the poem when referring to refuges for example, “A limb torn off” (Shire, 63) creates empathy for the refugees. Stanza six of the poem shows the use of vulgar language. They face problems and experience lack of food which is not their choice, and at one point speaker also says she was raped during journey. This reveals that travelling is not a pleasurable activity or vocation for them, however it is a UN desirable event occurring as a result of un conducive living environment. “No one spend days and nights in the stomach of a truck” (Shire, 29). When the evoked people transit to new borders to seek for safe place or asylum the hosting countries do not show their positive behaviour for the refugees.Īnother image created through metaphor is the personification of the truck as a death place.
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It is pain full to see our beloved ones experiencing adverse condition. Friends become enemies and a boyfriend can become killer. “…boy you went school with / who kissed you … behind the old tin factory / is holding a gun bigger than his body” (Shire 7-9). In 2nd stanza line 3 shows that when circumstances change it changes the whole scenario. Home is not only a place where people live it is a land that is peaceful and safe. Therefore they are searching for a place to call home. Everyone wants to be safe, happy and feel comfortable there. Everyone is searching for asylum to save their lives, no one care about others. “…Neighbours running faster than you / breath bloody in their throats” (Shire, 5-6).
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