Refugee Blues Flashcards
1
Q
What does a Yew symbolise?
A
death
2
Q
What is the rhyme scheme
A
AAB
3
Q
what does the rhyme scheme focus on?
A
constant refrain and rhythmic blues
4
Q
“Dreamed I saw ___ with a thousand floors // A thousand windows and a thousand doors”
A
A building
5
Q
When was Refugee Blues written?
A
1939
6
Q
“Saw the birds in the trees; // They had no
A
politicians and sang at their ease”
7
Q
“Saw fish swimming as if they were free,//
A
Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away”
8
Q
“Went down to the harbour and stood upon the ___”
A
Quay
9
Q
“If we let them in, they will steal
A
our daily bread”
10
Q
“But we are still alive, my dear,
A
but we are still alive”
11
Q
“in the village churchyard there grows
A
an old yew”
12
Q
“Some are living in mansions,
A
some are living in holes”
