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moving
,
packing
,
turning
rhyme - suggests
pace
and a sense of
urgency
dead
of
night
suggests something
secretive
,
dead
introduces a sense of
dread
and that she is
scared
to be
moving
at this time as
bad
things can go wrong at
night
boxes
: i cant see out the
back
window
claustrophobic
atmosphere
inside of the car , suggests
no going back
maybe it is not
innocence
after all
worries for a moment that
leila
is
dead
, suggests
paranoia
my
headlights
are
paranoic
eyes
personification
- suggests
being
alert
on the
lookout
,
scared
of being
caught
their
smiles
tighten
my
stomach
the smiles are
uncomfortable
,
unsettling
, not
friendly
the
men
in
plain suits
cold authority figures
- her
fate
is
signed
over to them now
leila stirs
she has
woken up
, suggests they arent in a
safe
,
quiet
situation
my voice is a
house
with the
roof blown off
metaphor
- she is very
exposed
and
without protection
there is a
need
to
worry
not the
usual
comforting phrase from a mother to
daughter
, suggests the situation is very
serious
and not safe that she
cannot
lie
to her daughter
i
whisper
her
cradle
song and she
holds
on
tries to
comfort
her, shows a
close bond
between the mother and daughter