The brutality of war to the innocence of children in war.
Outline/Notes:
Part 1: contrasting imagery: pictures of innocence and happiness to pictures of gory death due to war.
Death of youth/children depicted: "Asel Asleh" (17yr old), "Mohammad al-Durra", and "an Arab father burying his 4 month girl": real life incidents supported with names.
Part 2: talks about what people "from a distance" say, to live life as a refugee with their children. Easier said than done.
Part 3: (people[kids] at war, [kids] at school?)-global view, war torn countries-defending(making history?); peaceful countries, :going to school"(studying history?)
Part 4: images of beauty, peace, calmness...hope (of the narrator?)
Thesis: Images, imagery, repetition, diction, the poet portrays the brutality of war caused by religious disputes and contrasts it to the innocence of children on war.
-war isn't suppose to cause so much death, religion is love, peace...
Poem divided into 4 (parts?) using asterisks.
Take note of the lines in italics inserted between the stanzas: are they interjections of the narrator?
Why are they there? What purpose do they serve?
Repetition: "holy"
Tone changes from death/doom/dread to perspectives from a "distance" to global view(?) to peaceful/hope of the narrator
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