Which statements about outcasts united express theme?

Outcasts United by Warren St. John

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One of the central themes in the book is immigration and its challenges. Clarkston, Georgia becomes home to refugees fleeing from different countries such as Sudan and Liberia because of war. This book reveals the hardships that immigrants face and the trauma that they experience after coming face-to-face with the darkest aspects of humanity. The book highlights the difficulties that they experience as they try to understand and adapt to American culture. The locals fear the refugees and the city council does not want anything to do with them. They do not speak English, which creates a communication barrier between them and the locals. Many of the refugee families are single-parent households, as the spouses have either been killed or imprisoned back home. They work for low wages and face financial hardships.

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.