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What is the rhyme pattern of each stanza of 'Refugee Blues', and how many lines does each stanza have?
Count the lines in a stanza and listen to the ends of the first two.
Name the main device in stanza 8, where a pampered pet is welcomed indoors but the refugees are not.
Ask what we would expect, and what actually happens.
What is the pause in the middle of the closing line of each stanza called?
It means a cut or a break.
Which of these best describes the effect of the poem's plain diction?
Think of a witness who speaks calmly about a terrible event.
Carry out a device audit. List at least eight devices used in the poem, and for each give the stanza number or numbers and a short note on the effect.
Use the Key Concepts list and give each device a stanza number so that your evidence is exact.
Write a paragraph of about 130 words on how the poem's form reinforces its meaning.
Cover the closing line, the rhyme, the contrast with the subject and the sameness of the pattern.
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