The Emigrée Flashcards
1
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Language
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“There was once a country…”- really makes the reader think about the life of this person
“That child’s vocabulary i carried here like a hollow doll”- simile shows how the language the person speaks in the county she is in is pointless
“My shadow falls as evidence as silent”- even though the person has gone through she still has hope
2
Q
Structure point
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Free verse near the end shows that the girls memory is free
3
Q
Context point
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Migration was massive during the time carol rumens wrote the poem
