Context

• Author of "The Émigrée"


  Carol Rumens
• Carol Rumens


  • Born in London and has not been a refugee herself.
  • The poem is not based on personal experiences.
  • She enjoyed exploring different places and cultures.
• "The Émigrée" - Form


  Free verse - makes it sound more like a story.
• "The Émigrée"


  • Shows how war means that people are displaced and have to move to places where people are prejudiced towards them.
  • Contrasting imagery between her home country and where she is now.
  • Shows the experiences that many refugees have to go through.