The Emigree Flashcards
1
Q
What is the context of Carol Rumens ‘Emigree’?
A
*Explores memory of the poet and their experiences of a city they spent time in as a child
*Poet compares the happy memories from childhood to the truths she knows as an adult
*Emigree relates to emigrate, settling in another country, sometimes not feeling welcome to return
*Poet bases many ideas on modern examples like Russia where there is corruption or countries change in their absence to form dictatorship
2
Q
“branded by an impression of sunlight”
A
- branded often connatates to wrongness
- repetition of sunlight creates positive image - pathetic falicy
3
Q
“sick with tyrants”
A
- personify city
- sense of infection
- hopeful of recovery
4
Q
“like a hollow doll”
A
- similie
- shows fragility
5
Q
“every coloured molecule of it”
A
- metaphor links memory of city with tiny traces emphasises value and preciousness of memory
6
Q
“dolcile as paper”
A
- similie
- emphasises cities open and emptiness but also vulnerability
7
Q
“accuse me of absence”
A
- juxtaposes identity
- repitition “accuse” suggests sinister new city
8
Q
“shadow falls as evidence of sunlight”
A
- contrast of dark and light - speaker coming to terms with two seperate identities
