Emigres

Question 1

Key themes/surface meaning?

Answer 1

conflict in terms of emotions and memory, poet is torn between her childhood memory and her adult understanding. War impacts more than soldiers, war can’t impact everything, resilience. Memory is potent(powerful).

Question 2

Deeper meaning?

Answer 2

the concept of the city can be a metaphor for memories and growth in general, progression from childhood to maturity. War creates loss but we determine impact

Question 3

Quote 1 and explanation?

Answer 3

every coloured molecule - metaphor linking the memory of the city with tiny traces to emphasise the value and preciousness of the memory.

Question 4

Quote 2 and explanation

Answer 4

It’s shining eyes - personify, she treats the memory with almost childlike tenderness, reflects her own memories of childhood linked to the city.

Question 5

Quote 3 and explanation?

Answer 5

I can’t get it off my tongue - metaphor, refuses to forget connection/ language.

Question 6

Structure?

Answer 6

No rhyme, end stopping lines in final stanza reflect speakers confinement in her new ‘city of walls’

Question 7

Poet?

Answer 7

Rumens