The Emigrée

Question 1

Narrative

Answer 1

A first-person account of an emigree’s relationship with her homeland.

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

Ideas of emigration from countries where people are fleeing from corruption.

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

Three stanzas, the first two are eight lines each and the last has nine lines.

Question 4

Form

Answer 4

The lack of consistent line structure or rhyme reflects the speaker’s confusing feeling about the city.

Question 5

Language techniques

Answer 5

The city is personified and uses similes suggests the way in whoch the speaker is shaping her memories of her homeland.