English Literature : Poetry

Question 1

‘The white streets of the city, the graceful slopes glow even clearer as time rolls its tanks’

Answer 1

• The Emigree
  ‘white […] graceful […] glow’ - link to the end of war, pureness like her childhood
  time is the enemy, the military language links to war

Question 2

‘My city takes me dancing through the city of walls. They accuse me of absence, they circle me . They accuse me of being dark in their free city.’

Answer 2

• The Emigree
  ‘My city’ personified the city, like an imaginary friend, child-like, innocence
  ‘the city of walls […] in their free city’ - contrasts eachothers perspectives, she sees it as restricted but they see it as free
  ‘They accuse me […] they circle me’- they is unclear but they are sinister, like a predator interrogating her

Question 3

Structure of the Emigree:

Answer 3

Caesura - simplistic ideas, separate links to disjointed feelings
No rhyme scheme - free verse, no control, freedom