Blake

Blake

// Trapped //
 * I saw the headlines **
 * .... I just can't believe it.... **
 * hunted animal **
 * mashed together like sardines **
 * feared **
 * Hell Planet **
 * were promised lies **


 * I won't go to their gas chambers **
 * I'll never give up my baby, never! **
 * I don't know **
 * I'm going to fight **


 * terrible **
 * people jumped out the windows to end their misery a little quicker **
 * so quiet **
 * they hanged there one full week **
 * very tight leashes **
 * the last time I saw my father **


 * Nazi trap **
 * using the Jews own fat as fuel **
 * to surrender **
 * remaining Jews **


 * Auschwitz **
 * a false outer wall **
 * forced **
 * like a bolt closing us in there **
 * And they never anymore screamed **


 * The theme in the first stanza is definitely about despair and the lack of hope. In the first stanza I referred to the Jews as hunted animal and sardines that were mashed together. This showed how trapped they really were and incapable they were to do anything about it. I started each verse in the second stanza with I. The second stanza was all about hope. How you are able to make a change and are able to fight. I used I won't go, I'll never give up and I'm going to fight to show this theme of hope in the second stanza. The next three stanzas are all about despair. One of the verses read " people jumped out of the windows to end their misery a little quicker." This dramatically shows how they didn't have hope and were giving up. The idea of being trapped is exemplified by the words Nazi trap and like a bolt closing us in there. Which gives you the sense that you will not be able to escape and that bolt will continue closing. I would overall say my poem is about despair, but in that despair there is a glimpse of hope. **