The Emigrée Flashcards
What is the narrative
She wants us to learn about how she left her home country as a child
What is the context
In The Émigrée, a displaced person reflects on their city of birth the poem’s content, ideas, language and structure are explored. Comparisons and alternative interpretations are also considered
What is the structure
The poem is composed of three stanzas close stanzaLines of poetry that make up a section; a verse the first two stanzas are eight lines each and the last stanza has nine lines, why there’s an extra line is unclear
What is the form
It has 3 stanzas and has a total of 30 lines
What are the language techniques
Rumens’ use of simile and metaphors perhaps suggests the way in which the speaker is shaping her memories and making up her own narrative about her relationship with her homeland. The city is personified and Rumens perhaps makes a play on words. when she describes it flying to her ‘in its own white plane’
