Crossing The Red Sea 'And Migrant Hostel'

Peter Skrzynecki’s poems, ‘Crossing the Red Sea’ and ‘Migrant Hostel’, effectively convey the physical and emotional effects of a migrant's journey. Skryznecki’s poems provide an insight into the difficulties that migrants will face as they make the transition from their home to a new country. Skrzynecki then uses a range of writing techniques, such as, vivid imagery, metaphors, repetition, and symbolism in these poems to convey the challenges that these migrants experienced.

Skrzynecki makes use of vivid imagery in "Crossing the Red Sea" to illustrate the physical impacts of a migrant's journey, The "Red Sea" in the title, is a metaphor that represents the arduous and dangerous trip that migrants take when they leave their nation of origin. Skrzynecki emphasizes the constant motion and unpredictability of the refugees' journey by comparing them to "a river that is never still" in his description. The metaphor "like a finger pointed in reprimand or shame " emphasizes the condemnation that migrants experience when they leave their country of origin. The "sudden shadow" image, which depicts the migrants when they

The repetition of the quote, "comings and goings" emphasizes the constant movement and transience of the migrants in the hostel, as migrants would be coming into shore constantly, then use of the metaphor in the quote, "nationalities sought each other out instinctively," demonstrates the loneliness that immigrants experience in their new surroundings. The use of the imagery of "birds of passage" emphasizes the temporary nature of the migrant's experience. The repetition of the phrase "for years," emphasizes the length of time that the migrants spend in the hostel, highlighting the sense of confinement and restriction that they experience. The use of these literary techniques effectively conveys the emotional impact of the migrant