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Summary of poem refugee blues by wh auden

Answer 1

The poem Refugee Blues by W H Auden presents provides an insight into the plight of Jewish refugees during the regime of the Nazis. The poet represents himself as a refugee in a foreign land with a companion. The land that the poet was in was inhabited by ten million people. While some were rich and lived in palatial mansions, there were also those who lived in extreme poverty. Unfortunately, the poet and his friend did not get accommodation in either place. They belonged to a wonderful land but could not go there because they had not renewed their passports.

When the council asked the pair for their passports, they replied that the passports had expired. The council mocked and shouted at them that with expired passports they were as good as dead. However, when they approached a committee to renew the passports, they were asked to come the following year. Later, the poet went to a public meeting where he heard the open protests of the citizens of the land for allowing refugees like him into the country. The meeting was held by Hitler demanding the execution of all Jews.

The poet sees various animals and envies them for not being involved with politicians as they were not human beings. He tells his companion about a huge building that he saw which could actually accommodate them but did not. As he stood on the plains, he saw a large number of soldiers approaching them through the snow to take them to sentence them to death.

Answer 2

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in simple words refugee in blues is a poem about the torched of hitler on Jews before world war 2. Jews are describing there experience about how they faced problems due to their religion. they were not well treated and they were asked to leave their own country . they are not given their passport that means they are officially dead . they compared their live with fish and bird that they don't face any political problem . they have the freedom because they are not in human race . soldiers are looking for Jews because they have to arrest them . other hand no other countries were not accepting them it maje them afraid that they will snatch their daily bread.