In my opinion, the shift that occurs in the poem happens right after the fourth stanza when she starts to mention prison life, dead bodies, and violence. The author shows signs of sadness and pain because she wants to be home but she realizes that the environment around it is filled with racism and discrimination. The author uses phrases like 'prison yards are better', and 'n***ers with their hands out.they smell strange' to help convey the use of imagery and personification through the poem. The author creates this poem to describe the feeling of wanting to be home but cant because she realizes that it is worse at home. The title emphases the safety of being at home is not true in some cases. The poem ' Home ', by Warsan Shire, creates the feeling of danger anywhere you go. This piece allows readers to be informed about the dangerous things that take place in some foreign countries and to stress the urgency of her reality. She elucidated the fact that in many cases people who run away from home most likely are left with no choice and are forced to escape to a better and safer situation.

After reading and hearing the poem I realized the author is explaining the harsh realities and mistreatment from where she is from. Initially before hearing and reading the poem I thought the poem was going to reflect on someone speaking on the memories of their home more so in a positive way. Also in the second stanza a shift accured when the narrator had a flash back to her past self. Furthermore the shift in the tone of this piece goes from angry to more so devastated and sad in a sense. The author also is showing us the sadness of being put in a situation were there is a comparison between the number of men taking advantage of your body. Lastly in lines (37-41) it reads,'.because prison is safer than a city of fire and one prison guard in the night is better than a truckload of men who look like your father.' The auther is highlighting the mistreatment and sexual abuse women face where she is from. In lines (7-9) it says,' The boy you went to school with who kissed you dizzy behind the old tin factory is holding a gun bigger than his body.' The author is decribing to readers the affect the violence has on the youth in their particular area. This goes to the urgency of the situation. In lines 1 and 2 the author states,'no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.' The author is comparing the dangers of her home to the danger of the mouth of a shark and what damage it can do. Throughout the poem the author speaks on many challenges she faces as well as people who live in these areas. This poem informs readers on some of the things that take place in some foreign countries. The poem 'Home' by Warsan Shire delineates the harsh reality of what 'home' looks like through her eyes. Many people would choose the most uncomfortable place like jail over being at home when there's violence chasing them away. She reveals the fact that people who runs from home has no choice but to leave if their life is in dangerous. However, there is a shift in the narrator's tone, while the narrator seems very dissatisfied with the idea of war and refugees problems/issues.

'No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land' (line 24 to 25). We can see that home is where the heart lies. We can see that no one actually has a dreadful condition that would push them away from their home unless there is a deadly situation like war. 'No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark' (line 1 to 2). The narrator shows sadness due to the fact that she is being sexually abused by many men during the war.

In line 64 to 66, it says,'or the words are more tender than fourteen men between your legs. Shire uses tone and figurative language to grab the attention of readers, and to bring awareness to the public about refugees.

The poem, Home by Warsan Shire evokes longing for home, a place to call home.

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