The Emigree Quotes

Question 1

Emigree context

Answer 1

The poem is about somebody who had to leave their country as a child to be safe. They are looking back fondly whilst lamenting the discrimination they experience in their new country. Rumens was born in London but also lived in Belfast and Wales as well as travelling widely throughout Russia and eastern Europe.

Question 2

Quote showing the person in emigree as unable to change her opinion on her country

Answer 2

It may be at war,it may be sick with tyrants,
But I am branded by an impression of sunlight

Question 3

Quote from emigree showing how the country is in her heart and her language won’t change

Answer 3

That child’s vocabulary I carried here
Like a hollow doll

Question 4

Use of gustatory imagery in emigree

Answer 4

I can’t get it off my tounge,it tastes of sunlight

Question 5

Seperate quotes in emigree showing country as innocent

Answer 5

White plane
Docile as paper
Shining eyes

Question 6

Quote personifying city in emigree

Answer 6

My city takes me dancing through the city of walls

Question 7

Quote showing her being ridiculed in her new country in emigree

Answer 7

They accuse me of absence,they circle me.
They accuse me of being dark in their free city

Question 8

Last line in Emigree

Answer 8

And my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight

Question 9

Form/structure in emigree

Answer 9

Free verse-No regular rhythm or rhyme scheme,Could show lack of control in her country or in her thoughts.Paired with free flowing enjambent in stanza 1 and 2 until thoughts on current country in stanza 3.Anaphora of sunlight shows opinion on country in general