Structure

• Chaotic structure

  • Enjambment
  • free verse
  • caesura
  • reflects the chaos in the place that Rumen’s is from- war zone
  • The lack of power she has there
• Regular stanza length

  • Juxtapose the chaotic structure
  • speakers way of imposing order on the chaos and refusing to be overcome by the negativity of the conflict there or the power imposed on her
  • battle between the chaos of the country and the live she has for it
  • The last stanza is the longest one (9 lines) shows her dancing with her city- positivity
  • she doesn’t want to leave.
• Last stanza

  • Chaotic structure with caesura’s and enjambments- juxtaposes with the deliberate use of positive language
  • sunlight is repeated- recurring motif
  • placed at the end to show this cyclical structure of joy and hope she feels about this country
• Repetition of “they”

  • Repetition makes it sound threatening
  • the conflict between the place and the people
  • creates a dichotomy between rumens and her city, she doesn’t actually belong there, she is not part of their city.
  • she deceives herself to believe so- naive