Emigree Flashcards

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Start of emigree like a fairy tale

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‘There once was a country, I left it as a child’

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Metaphor for the mind hokding memories despite attempts for them to be broken

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‘The worst news i recieve of it cannot break my original view, the bright filled paperweight’

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Quote to show unsureness followed by a volta to show the strength of their mind as memeories are perminent

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

Semantic field of light to show their love for their homeland

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Symbolism of purity to show calmness and beauty where they are from, contrasted by metaphor for time to show time as being the enemy

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‘The white streets of that city, the graceful slopes glow even clearer as time rolls its tanks’

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Quote to show the perminent impact of culture and first language, it will never leave despite not being allowed to be educated of culture

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‘That child’s vocabulary I carried here, like a hollow doll’

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Idea of extended metaphor for sunlight to show hope and positivity

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‘But i can’t get it off my tounge. It tastes of sunlight.’

End - ‘they mutter death and my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight’

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Quote to emphasise loss of identity as they don’t have a passport - passport resembles identity. Followed by person dreaming and imagining being home

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‘I have no passport, theres no way back at all but my city comes to me in its own white plane’

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Personification of city to show happy memories - contrasted by sinister tone

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‘My city takes me dancing through the city of walls. They accuse me of absence, cirle me’

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