Originally Quotes Flashcards
Assonance highlights sense of ownership/belonging.
“We came from our own country”
Word choice to convey strength of feeling.
“Bawling Home, Home”
Emphasises the idea of belonging and origins.
“I want our own country”
Sentence structure relates to idea of slow change.
“Leaving you standing, resigned, up an avenue…”
Short abrupt sentence relates to idea of slow change.
“Your accent wrong”
Sense of confusion and uncertainty.
“Unimagined pebble-dashed estates”
Aggressive impression of the strange boys.
“Big boys eating worms and shouting words you don’t understand”
Final abrupt sentence emphasises the poet’s uncertainty about her identity and wheres she belongs.
“Originally?And I hesitate”
Symbolic of the situation they are in - heading into the unknown.
“I stared at the eyes of a blind toy, holding its paw”
List to convey all that has been left behind.
“To the city, the street, the house, the vacant rooms”
Metaphor: idea of journey and different stages in life.
“All childhood is an immigration”
Similie to convey the idea of change and leaving things behind to suit the new.
“My tongue shedding its skin like a snake”
Metaphor; childlike impression of the car. Sense of speed of the situation.
“We came from our own country in a red room which fell through fields”
