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Theme, Language and Structure of Poems This Room and Not My Business

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Theme, Language and Structure of Poems This Room and Not My Business Works Cited Missing The poem "This Room" suggests it has a theme of liberation and freedom. The first stanza hints at this e.g. "This room is breaking out". From line 14-15 talk about celebration by banging pots and pans. Perhaps the room has been oppressed for so long that its joy of freedom can only be expressed with sounds. "Not my Business" is a definite contrast to "This Room". The writer uses this poem to express apathy and oppression in the country they are in. Another theme that could be seen in this poem is fear. Fear of the jeep, fear of "They", and fear of losing the yam from his hungry hand. Both writers use personification in their poems. The use of personification makes the object seem alive when it isn't. In "This Room" the writer personifies...

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