Mother Quotes Flashcards
“What ever was your passion in life?”
(rhetorical question)
This rhetorical question “What ever was your passion in life?” hints at the lost potential and pain that occurs from refugee experiences demonstraighting the absence of a conventional path of life including career aspirations and dream.
“Like a sunflower”
(simile, connotations)
The simile connotes to warmth, hope and happiness that comes along side the potential growth as a second generation migrant made possible through his mothers intergenerational sacrifice.
“To heavy to meet the sky”
(symbolism, situational irony, enjambment)
The phrase “To heavy to meet the sky” symbolises the freedom that mother missed out on through her intergenerational sacrifice. Whilst the use of situational irony and enjambment hints to burden and pain of mother, misdirecting readers to make them believe that they can empathise with mothers happiness.
“Jigsaw-puzzle pieces of memory lock together”
(metaphor)
The metophor “Jigsaw-puzzle pieces of memory lock together” show the process of reconciliation and understanding the sacrifice made by mother with each stanza becoming a different piece of the ‘puzzle’ of mothers memory.
“She smiles - that eternal smile”
(hyphen, hyperbole)
The poet utilsies a hypen to extend the moment creating a slight apprehension to the audinance. This furthers the divided between mother and son through a hyperbole to show mothers sacrifice and facade she puts on.
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