Ten Million Souls

Ten Million Souls

This is a thought-provoking poem by W.H. Auden, in which he has presented a very pitiable condition of German Jews who are trying to get shelter in another country. They have left their country because of the fear of Hitler. The city, in which they are trying to get shelter is very large and has ten million people. But these two Jews are not allowed to enter this city. The Jew couple remembers their country where they cannot go. No country is ready to welcome them.

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Soul

Soul

According to the council of this city, they are dead without valid passports. They are rejected everywhere. A committee asked them to come after a year. The governments are hostile to refugees. Even dogs, cats, fish and birds are living a free life because, they have no politicians. The speaker of the meeting thinks that such people will create economical problems. Ten thousand soldiers are looking for them because they are ordered to push these refugees from their country. But where should they go now. No country accepts refugees, so the Jew couple is confused because they neither go back, nor enter the new city.

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