war photographer

Cards (8)

  • poem ends in sunlight, symbolic of hope, despite threats
  • death, she's still positive hopeful
  • no identity, she hasn't got anywhere else to go, no escapism
  • her memory is always sunny, her views are idealistic, sunlight imagery
  • city is never identified, can represent the fact that she doesn't know the streets, and once she does, she'll see it's clear
  • "accuse" gives a sinister identity to the city
  • suggests she could be losing her first language, forgetting it. new country gets rid of her identity
  • memories of the narrator are bright, positive and solid -> she only sees her country in a positive light, and can not see it negatively