Refugee Blues Flashcards

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1
Q

What does a Yew symbolise?

A

death

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2
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What is the rhyme scheme

A

AAB

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3
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what does the rhyme scheme focus on?

A

constant refrain and rhythmic blues

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4
Q

“Dreamed I saw ___ with a thousand floors // A thousand windows and a thousand doors”

A

A building

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5
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When was Refugee Blues written?

A

1939

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6
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“Saw the birds in the trees; // They had no

A

politicians and sang at their ease”

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7
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“Saw fish swimming as if they were free,//

A

Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away”

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8
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“Went down to the harbour and stood upon the ___”

A

Quay

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9
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“If we let them in, they will steal

A

our daily bread”

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10
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“But we are still alive, my dear,

A

but we are still alive”

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11
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“in the village churchyard there grows

A

an old yew”

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12
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“Some are living in mansions,

A

some are living in holes”

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