the emigree Flashcards
“My memory of it is sunlight - clear”
Metaphor - This conveys that the memory is happy and innocent as well as a vivid and bright childhood
“I never saw it in that November”
‘November’ is symbolic of difficult times where everything is dark, cold and gloomy - contrasts the the sunlight.
“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants”
May show that the country has been invaded and ruled harshly - the country is personified to be ‘sick’ with all this evil
“I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
It shows her positive and promiting view of her nation is permanent - the ‘branded’ is juxaposed with the ‘impression of sunlight’ - repetition of sunlight once again.
“The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes/glow even clearer”
The soft sounds of the ‘g’ and the descriptions of it being ‘white’ convey that she sees the county as almost heavenly and pure.
