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The word "penned" used in line 10 has a very negative connotation attached to it. Animals are the ones who are usually penned up, not humans. What is the author trying to say about how his people are being treated?
The buttefly symbolizes
life, beauty, freedom,
and hope.
The last, the very last,
So richly, brightly, dazzling yellow.
Perhaps if the sun's tears would sing
against a white stone . . .
Such, such a yellow
Is carried lightly 'way up high.
It went away I'm sure because it wished to
kiss the world goodbye
For seven weeks I've lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto
But I have found my people here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut candles in the court
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don't live in here,
in the ghetto
The poem is about a young Jewish girl living in a concentration camp (the "ghetto") during the Holocaust.
"So richly, brightly, dazzling yellow" ~ imagery
"Only if the sun's tears would sing" ~ personification
"The dandelions call to me " ~ personification
Never give up hope.
This poem reminds me of some of the times I feel like giving up hope.