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The two poems I have chosen which convey feelings of alienation and frustration that growing up in a hostile environment such as that of today
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The two poems I have chosen which convey feelings of alienation and frustration that growing up in a hostile environment can induce are: "The Places Fault" by Philip Hobsbaum and "Nothing's Changed" by Tatamkhula Afrika. The Place's Fault: is an autobiographical poem recounting a short unhappy period of the poet's childhood. He was evacuated to North Yorkshire during the war years. While he was little there, he experienced severe bullying, both on the streets and in school and the suffering and taunts and beatings he endured at the hands of the bullies scarred him mentally for the rest of his life. The Hobsbaums were Jewish and the poet doesn't specify if the bullying was anti-Semitic, but he does blame the bulling on the harsh environment and the tough conditions that youngsters grew up in. He believed these conditions turned them into bullies who didn't trust people who looked or acted differently...
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