The Emigree - Carol Rumens
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- Created on: 08-04-19 21:52
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Written by someone born in London - the speaker is an immigrant who was forced from her country
- "mildest city" - personification, her city was innocent or it was weak - gives in too easily to new rulers
- "sick with tyrants" - personification, shows people as being the germs that invade
- semantic field of light - "sunlight", "bright", "white", "glow", "coloured" and "shining", shows her memories were joyful and full of hope
- "I am branded" - negative connotations, maybe wishes she could let go of her past impressions as she knows they are no longer existing or suggests permanence as it would scar her
- "time rolls its tanks" - time is battling against her as it continues to make the place differ from how she remembers it
- "like a hollow doll" - fragile and…
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