The poem “Come On Come Back” is a poem that takes place during the supposed “Future war” but also references World War 2 due to the poems Nazi symbolism in the piece like the use of what seems to be portrayed as a death camp and the use of biological warfare during that time in history which happens much later in history than the Napoleonic war.
The poem also references the Battle of Austerlitz which was a battle that took place during the Napoleonic war which takes places during the early 1800’s (1803 – 1815) which already sounds quite strange as if the future war is some sort of comment on the Napoleonic war and how it was a futuristic war at the tine, enough though it isn’t quite the case
The poem also has some quite dark undertones to it as the poem is basically about a prisoner of the death camp who escapes and swims to freedom but dies while doing so as if it was her fate to be taken to a death camp and try to escape to drown in the lake and die.
Upon researching about the poem it becomes clear that the poem has no clear structure which gives off this unsettling idea as it is not familiar to an audience as they may know many form but this poem does not have a clear form, presenting even more question features of an already quite disturbing poem.
Going even further the lake is described as the icy waters of an adorable lake which gives the idea that the lake is really a better option and therefore gives the idea that death and drowning is a better option than being in a Nazi death camp, but when described as an adorable lake the poem becomes even more darker and disturbing as it is basically saying death in this case is a friendly substance and a way out for the woman in the poem.
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