Originally Analysis Flashcards
“We came from our own country”
Plural pronoun is used to show a shared experience, since they came.
In a red room
Visual imagery is used to give the denotation of the colour of the room, however the connotation implies anger and frustration of leaving behind her home.
Synecdoche is used to refer to the whole car as the interior, to show isolation.
Which fell through fields
Metaphor, used to give the denotation of the bumpy ride of the car showing how out of control it is, but also implies that she feels out of control because she is involuntarily journey in go to the unknown.
Our mother singing our fathers name to the tune of wheel.
Word choice of singing shows the mothers optimism.
Word choice of turn of wheels shows the continuation of the journey and the continuation of the singing.
My brothers cried, one of them bawling home, home,
Word choice of “bawling” shows how the boy is crying strongly, to show how he feels very upset that he is leaving his home, and highlights the strong connection of identity they feel with their home.
Home home is an example of repetition, where the poet uses the repeated word of home to show how it is the only thing that he can think about.
As the miles rushed back to the city, the street, the house, the vacant rooms where we didn’t live any more.
“As the miles rush back to the city,” is an example of a transferred epithet, where the quality of rushing is given to the miles to give the denotation of them hastily going back to the city, and imply how the distance stretches out behind them as they leave.
Use of the list highlights how many important things they are leaving behind.
Caesura is used to make the reader think about how difficult this must be for these young people.
I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw.
Word choice of blind is ambiguous, since it shows that the bear can’t see, but also that the poet couldn’t see what is ahead in her future, since she is diving into the unknown.
All childhood is an emigration.
Declarative sentence is used to show certainty by using a statement at the start of the stanza.
The writer uses the metaphor of childhood being an emigration, denotation of a journey to a foreign country to take up residence, implies that childhood is a journey to adulthood and finding your own identity.
Some are slow, leaving you standing, resigned, up an avenue where no one you know stays.
The poet uses a list, to show how long the journey is by tediously dragging the sentence out with many commas.
Some are slow, leaving you standing, resigned, up an avenue where no one you know stays.
The poet uses a complex sentence, to show how long the journey is by tediously dragging the sentence out with many commas.
Others are sudden.
Minor sentence used to show fast and unprecedented nature of the emigration.
Word choice of sudden highlights this as well.
Your accent wrong.
Another minor sentence used to show the sudden and harsh nature of the emigration and the fast realisation she doesn’t fit in here.
Word choice of wrong shows a lack of acceptance in the community for outsiders.
Corners, which seem familiar, leading to pebble dashed estates, big boys eating worms and shouting words you don’t understand.
Tricolon is used to show how her language is different, environment is different and behaviours are different, overall adding to the idea of isolation within this community.
My parents anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head.
Simile is used to show how the parents worries are like her wobbly tooth, since both the wobbly tooth and the parents worries come back and persistently bother them.
My parents anxiety stirred like a loose tooth in my head.
Simile is used to show how the parents worries are like her wobbly tooth, since both the wobbly tooth and the parents worries come back and persistently bother them.
