The emigree Flashcards
(14 cards)
” There _ _ a _”
“there once was a country”
“I _ _ _ _ impression _ _”
“i am branded by an impression of sunlight”
“white _ _ _ city”
“white streets of that city”
“memory of it _ _”
“memory of it sunlight clear”
“tastes _ _”
“tastes of sunlight”
“the worst _ _ _ _ it cannot _ _ _ _”
“the worst news i receive of it cannot break my original view”
“the childs _ _ _ here”
“the child’s vocabulary i carry here”
“_ accuse _ _ _”
“they accuse me of absence”
“may be _ _ tyrants”
“may be sick with tyrants”
“city _ _ _” (2x quotes)
“city takes me dancing” “city hides behind me”
context in the emigree
-home country is not revealed- ambiguity gives a timeless relevance
- becoming increasingly relevant in current world and climate
form/structure in the emigree
-last word of each stanza is same “sunlight”- epistrophe
-first person- individual experience
-first two stanzas have enjambment- freedom
-last stanza has caesura- now trapped
key themes in the emigree
-memory poem
-displacement and exile
-identity and belonging
-regret/ doubt
reverence definition
regard or treat with deep respect (reverence for her homeland)
