Question

detailed summary of the poem The Refugee blue​

Answer 1

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“Refugee Blues” is about the plight of Jewish refugees in the 1930s. When the poem was written in 1939, millions of Jews were trying to flee Nazi Germany. ... On the one hand, there is the Nazi regime, with its explicit, state-sanctioned violence against Jews.

Answer 2

Answer:

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The speaker begins this poem by suggesting that there are 10 million people in “this city”. He tells the listener, someone, he loves, that despite this there is nowhere for them to live. He reminisces on the past, the life they used to have, and the safety of their old home. But, things have changed and new demands and policies made by Nazi Germany are forcing the speaker and his family out of the country.

The speaker also traces the various times he sought out help or tried to understand what was going on and was met with hatred and fear. There is no one who cares about the plight of this Jewish man and his family. The poem ends on a haunting note with the speaker painting an image of a big field in which ten thousand soldiers marched, looking for them.

Explanation:

“Refugee Blues” was written by the British poet W.H. Auden. First published in 1939, on the eve of World War II, the poem meditates on the plight of Jewish refugees—forced to flee Nazi Germany, but unable to find refuge elsewhere. As the poem does so, it raises broader questions about isolation, loneliness, and exile. It depicts the trauma and pain of being forced to leave home—and of being unable to find a place of safety and security in a violent and uncertain world.