Poems-Emigree Flashcards
“I comb its hair and love its shining eyes”
Personification of the city.
This quote intensifies the sense of the speaker’s love and affection towards the city.
It is also a childish image, conjuring up images of innocence and purity.
“It may be sick with tyrants…”
Personification of the city.
Emphasises the strength of her dislike for the people currently controlling the city.
“I have no passport…”
“I have no passport, there’s no way back at all”, “they accuse me….” etc.
Mysterious language. This suggests the speaker could be in exile.
”The white streets”
Light and colour imagery.
Highlights how overwhelmingly positive the speaker’s memories are of her city.
“The bright filled paperweight”
“The worst news I receive of it cannot break / My original view, the bright filled paperweight”.
Metaphor.
This metaphor suggests the strength and solidity of the speaker’s positive memories.
“My city”
The use of the possessive pronoun conveys the speaker’s deep admiration for, and pride in, her city.
Comparisons-Identity
Kamikaze.
Checking Out Me History.
Comparisons-Conflicting emotions
Bayonet Charge.
Poppies.
Comparisons-Power of place
London.
The Prelude.
