The biblical allusions "exile", "offering" and "mercy" underline the notion that the immigrants are at the mercy of God. ... The red imagery represents pain, hardship and blood in the old communist country where they had to "mock salute" to red banners, being bound to the "shackles" and was tired with "sunken eyes". ... Despite the bleak imagery in the poem, there is a glimmer of hope as the immigrants gave thanks to God for their chance of new life. ... The painful memories of the Nazi regimes in Wold War 2 are expressed in the simile "like cattle brought to slaughter", "the metaphor "pigeons...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They simply watch the snow fall and the wind blow as they begin to accept their fate. ... They also see a nice warm fire and the word jingle is used, to help show their happy thoughts of this scene. ... We can see that the men don't doubt God's existence or God's creation. ... This is "All their eyes are ice". Owen is obviously comparing the men's eyes t...

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• Grade Level: High School