the emigree Flashcards

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“My memory of it is sunlight - clear”

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Metaphor - This conveys that the memory is happy and innocent as well as a vivid and bright childhood

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“I never saw it in that November”

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‘November’ is symbolic of difficult times where everything is dark, cold and gloomy - contrasts the the sunlight.

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“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants”

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May show that the country has been invaded and ruled harshly - the country is personified to be ‘sick’ with all this evil

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“I am branded by an impression of sunlight”

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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.

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“The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes/glow even clearer”

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The soft sounds of the ‘g’ and the descriptions of it being ‘white’ convey that she sees the county as almost heavenly and pure.

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