Repetition of Ten in “Refugee Blues” by W.H. Auden
In
Refuges Blues W.H. Auden lamented the political injustice as main theme of
the poem is abuse of human rights in world. This poem was written on the
pattern of blue song which was introduced, first time, in southern states of USA,
particularly, for describing the miseries of the slaves. Simple language was
used with three lines of each stanza and repetition of the third line. Later on
the pattern of blue song became popular all over the world to express inner
feelings in a simple way.
He uses word “my dear” in every third line
giving a sense of sharing with very close persons who were in same worst situation.
Like opening his heart with fellows he seems to comfort them by addressing them
as “ my dear” in each stanza.
He uses word “ten”
skillfully in the poem as he relates ten, ten hundred, ten thousand and ten
million in lines variously. There are four sentences in which the word “ten”
has been used technically as “ten”, “ten hundred”, “ten thousand” and “ten million”
in the poem. For example “ten feet” away
the fishes were swimming, he dreamed of a building with “ten hundred” doors, “ten
thousand” soldiers marched and “ten million” souls lived in a city to enhance
the beauty of poem .
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