"It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants.": Emigree
"Sick with" - Personification - Connotes that the speaker has hope for the future. Shows a contagious illness that the speaker believes is what spreads tyranny around the country.
"Tyrants" - Connotes corruption and the abuse of high levels of power. Criticism of power afforded to leaders.
"I have no passport, there's no way back at all.": Emigree
"No passport" - She has no identity, no safety or no pass to leave. She has no place in the world making her vulnerable and she cannot return making her feel isolated and trapped.
"The city/ of walls.": Emigree
"/" - Enjambment - Shows the divisions in society, and how there is a barrier separating her from her country and from society.
"Walls" - Metaphor - Attempts to block the speaker from their culture, creating a barrier as they are restricted from leaving, separating and excluding them.
Emigree - Form:
Free verse - Connotes the lack of control the speaker has over society and how she is lost in this new country.
Regular stanzas - Reflects the speakers refusal to let the disruption and war overpower her memories.
Emigree - Language:
"There once was" - Fairy tale opening, shows how she misses where she once was happy, creating a sense of nostalgia and belonging because she felt safe in her home country.
"Sunlight-clear" - Motif of sunlight connoting joy and hope, giving her memories of her identity.
"They" - Indefinite pronoun, making her feel isolated and excluded.
Emigree - Structure:
Volta at line 22 - "They accuse me" - Connotes how she wants to change this but she can't.
Beginning creates a sense of nostalgia.
End shows how she will forever be lost and vulnerable, because of societies power to control and isolate individuals in danger
