The Emigree

• ''There was once a country... I left it as a child''

  • there once was = romanticised, sets a fantastical tone - more memory than reality
  • elipsis = an emotional topic, needs time to gather her thoughts
  • child = unreliable memory??
• ''They accuse me of being Dark''

  • they = she doesn't fit in
  • accuse = violent verb, facing persecution in her new city
  • dark = contrasts to light motif, racism
• //''City of Walls''

  • enjambment and walls = an isolated idea, connotations of entrapment
  • walls = not people so lack of humanity, she feels lonesome
• ''Bright filled, paperweight''

  • bright = her memories are positive and colourful
  • filled = many many good memories
• ''I comb its hair and love its shining eyes''

  • comb its hair = maternal instincts towards her homeland
  • love = unconditional
  • shining = romanticised, her perception is fixed
• ''It tastes of sunlight''

  • tastes = gustatory imagery, has a strong sense of what once was
  • sunlight = epistrophe, her view will never change