whilst leila sleeps

Cards (11)

  • 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