The Emigrée Flashcards

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Structure p1

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Lack of rhythem and rhyme
Mirrors how fragmented and war torn the place she had to flee from is
Gives time to the reader to process how hard it must have been to move on
Regular stanzas
Reflects the speakers refusal to let the distrusption and war overpower hee memories

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Structure p2

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Longer final stanzas
Perhaps reflects her desire to prolong those positive memories
Enjambment
Shows that the speaker is attempting to express too much emotions every single line,this shows how terrible the place she had to flee from
Emphasises hee affection towards hee city

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Themes

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Danger and bravery
Childhood
Memory and nostalgia

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Quote 1

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The bright filled paperweight
Metaphor
Suggest that strength and solidity of the speakers positive memories

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Quote 2

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I comb it’s hair and lobe it’s shining eyes
Personification
Intensifies the sense of the speakers lobe and affection towards to city
Partioctic connotations
A childish image,images of innocence

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Quote 3

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The white streets
Colour imagdry highlights how overwhelming positive the speakers memories are of her city

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