Not all of these are obscure; however, you may wonder how I decided on these. The next few articles are going to show you how I decided on this interpretation.
Let me leave you with a quick summary that includes the underlying meaning of this poem:
The narrator is warning us (you in the poem, indicated by the imperative or command mood of the sentence) to "Avoid this place" (Ehrhart 1). "This place" (1) is confining, does not change, and is trapping. There is too much of one thing or not enough of another, but there is no in between, no happy medium. Everything is excessive.There is no hope for the children. They will either die because they are fighting in the army against any enemy or die by a "foreign bomb" (12) because someone is fighting against them at home. Either way, they will not live a life free from war.
There is no security, even in a person's private home. There is no free choice, no democracy. There is intense fear and oppression and the threat of violence is everywhere.
BUT-and this is the denouement, or the part of the poem, or story, where there is a change which may lead to a solution-BUT "we will change all this" (24); a change is going to occur. There will be a revolution. The "we" (24, 26) is going do something to fix this problem. This change is going to be a violent process.
