The Emigree

Question 1

really positive connotations of sunlight, implying there are plenty of positive and happy memories to do with the city. 

Answer 1

“my memory of it is sunlight clear”

Question 2

personification
this quote romanticises the city. someone who takes her dancing is the idea of a romantic interest and that’s how you viewed the city and how fond she is of it.

Answer 2

My city takes me dancing through the city walls

Question 3

when we branded something, we link it to cattle where we permanently scar them. Very painful idea of permanence having been branded by an impression of sunlight links to the idea that she cannot rid herself of this memory, a positive memory (juxtaposition between this painful and also positivity of sunlight which shows she is clearly in conflict when we compare the contrast between those two ideas.

Answer 3

I am branded by an impression of sunlight