poems the emigree

Question 1

overview

Answer 1

The speaker speaks about a city that she left as a child. The speaker has a positive view of the city. Perhaps is was a scene of conflict but she still protects the memory.

Question 2

structure

Answer 2

Poem does not rhyme, but there is a suggestion of a rhythmic pattern of five stresses to the line

Although she is positive she is also uneasy

Last stanza is longer because she can not let go

Question 3

quote that shows repitition

Answer 3

“sunlight”

memories will always be good

Question 4

quote that shows metaphor

Answer 4

“comb its hair and love its shining eyes”

show how much she cares

Question 5

what is special about the final stanza

Answer 5

longer because the rest of her life will now be spent here and that seems along way

Question 6

quotes that show sadness with happiness

Answer 6

“roll its tanks and the frontiers rise between us”

“it may be at war , it may be sick with tyrants but i am branded by sunlight”

Question 7

quote that shows she is hunted by the place

Answer 7

“they accuse me of absence, they circle me.”