The poem has a structure which is very much like the structure of a children´s poem.Meant to be understood by everybody no matter the age group, it has very simple vocabulary.It is structured like a ballad , a song.
All the decisions Farinha made for structuring the poem are linked to the impact he wanted the poem to have.He uses a rhyme pattern that includes the repetition of a line.." And the choirs kept singing of Freedom ..." which serves two purposes.First, it is the chorus in a song.Second, it is the main line in which the theme of the poem is revealed together with the irony of what took place in that church.One goes to church for praying to God Almighty that cares and protects.God protects people who believe in freedom but it seems He was not there that day..." She asked for a blessing but asked for no more.."The unjustice of the event is emphasised by the use of sentences recalling the catastrophe.."On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine.." He provides time and place.Farinha also wants his audience to remember what happened, to learn the names of the victims by numbering them in the poem ..." And Denise Mc Nair brought the number to two.."He appears to be usind the structure of a mathematical addition in order to magnify the harm done by the bombers.Finally , he repeats the same line at the beginning and the end of the poem.." Sing you a song.." .."It´ll do no one wrong"..He does it explaining that he does not want to hurt anyone with his message compared to what some lost souls do to the people and to the world.
It is written in chronological order, it is a story about a single event.
Question: Will we survive? Are we gonna be gone?
