The Emigree Flashcards
1
Q
What is this poem about?
A
Rose coloured glasses and how time distorts our memory, especially nostalgia.
2
Q
What poems can you compare it with?
A
Tissue.
3
Q
It may be at war….
A
It may be sick with tyrants.
4
Q
Time rolls….
A
Its tanks.
5
Q
Banned by the state but….
A
I can’t get it off my mind. It tastes of sunlight.
6
Q
I comb its hair….
A
And love its shining eyes.
7
Q
My shadow falls….
A
As evidence of sunlight.
