English & Literature
Refugee Mother and Child
comment on the rich imagery in the first three opening lines.

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comment on the rich imagery in the first three opening lines.
In the opening lines, the poet uses religious imagery (Madonna and child) to illustrate his subjects.... a mother's love, a child's fate, and the smell of death.
No Madonna and Child could touch
that picture of a mother's tenderness
for a son she soon would have to forget.
The air was heavy with odours
Refugee Mother and Child