Summary Of When There's A Wall

The poem ‘When There’s a Wall’ by Joy Kogawa is very inspirational and encouraging piece of work. The poet uses imagery and symbolism to enhance the effectiveness of her important message. The beginning of the poem states, “where there's a wall, there’s a way around, over, or through” this is an effective way to start her poem as it can already give a brief understanding of the context of her poem which is that everyone should not give up no matter what situation they are put in as there is always a hope or a way to overcome it. The part of the poem says “where there's a wall there’s a way around, over, or through there's a gate maybe a ladder or a door” shows the uses of symbolism. In the poem, the “wall” represents the obstacles in life that can be overcome because the words “a gate”, “a ladder” and “a door” indicates the different ways over the obstacle and that there is always a way to overcome it. Imagery is also used in the poem to describe the struggles that come with choosing a right or the wrong path to get through “the wall”.While it is true that there are many ways to overcome obstacles in life similarly to getting through the wall, there is …show more content…
The “gate”, “ladder” and “door” was described to be the way to get over the wall, in a more pleasant and peaceful way. In contrast, the passage “there are zeppelins,