The family in at the border was driven out of their country due to war. At the border was made by choman hardi she was born in 1974. At the border is based on a family that was driven out of their country due to conflict with Iran and Iraq. The family fled to Kurdistan which borders Iran. Kurdistan was neutral and were not involved in the war so that’s why the family in at the border went there. After the war was finished with Iran and Iraq the family of at the border was waiting to get past the border but was covered by a huge fence so they had to wait. The family was so excited to go return home. At the border is a soft poem that is a happy poem that has no bad side to it.

If we compare this poem to out of the blue there is a big difference because out of the blue is based on a terrorist attack and is a sad and scary poem compared to at the border. Out of the blue is about a man that is stuck in the burning twin towers and cannot get out. The man is sitting out on the ledge of the window and is waving out his white shirt to alert people to try and get some help. The man does not know that no one can help him. Out of the blue poem is a poem that is sad to read because he might have a family watching him die because he cant get out of the building. This is based on a true story because what’s happening in this poem actually happened. Over 4000 people died and is really different to at the border they are completely the opposite of each other.

The similarities of the two poem is that they both effects civilians. A lot of imagery is being used for example in at the border it says a man bent down kissing his muddy homeland you can imagine him doing that cause he misses his home.