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The poem is about an individual on a train with strangers going to an unknowndestination. Even though they are surrounded by people, there is still an element of
isolation- everybody is a stranger in the sense that we will never truly know everything ALLEGORY: A poem
about a person no matter how well they might think they know them. that reveals a hidden
message. (lit vs. fig)
Suggests life is a journey we share with
others.
Strangers Forever
No matter how hard we try, we never truly open
ourselves to others, nor truly relate to others. Part of
Inclusive pronoun us remains hidden.
Each of us
is a passenger
seated in one huge Another sense of
inclusivity. We are all
compartment together. The destination is unknown
going we do not know where
all strangers
thrown together by chance We choose to be on this journey. It is
who travel without arriving; simply by chance that we are there and
with whom we are with.
Rhetorical question
who can read the whispers
of your mind People have secrets and find it difficult to share them fully with themselves
when they are hidden and others.
even from you? Asking us to consider for ourselves. Lack of self-actualization.
Volta Though you open a window Symbolic: A window creates opportunities to let feelings/objects in.
In the chambers of your heart METAPHOR: emphasises that we as humans will never be able to fully share our
identities and secrets with others.
Though you strive to say
what you feel Repetition creates a sense of desperation.
and in the striving reach
a state of understanding
there is still one part
one small part
that remains your own
one part These are your “whispers of your mind” but also the “compartment” of your heart.
Personal Pronoun
that neither I nor anyone else
will ever penetrate.
Forever strangers. Inversion of title highlights that things are indefinite.
Reflective- “we do not know where”, and “they are hidden from you”.
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