The Emigrée by Carol Rumens

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What is a powerful theme in the Emigrée?
Duality - the positive view and negative view of the city.
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What is meant by "that November"?
The worst time of the city.
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What is symbolized by the repetition of "Sunlight" at the end of each stanza?
It shows that the authors positive view of her city that still remains.
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What is implied by "time rolls its tanks"?
That War is inevitable.
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"It may now be a lie, banned by the state" Is an example of what?
Oppression/Dictatorship.
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"White streets" and "White plane" both signify what?
Purity.
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Why does she say "My City"?
It shows it is her ideal memory of the city that she holds, not the real version.
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What imagery does "City of Walls" suggest?
Destruction - the ruins of a bombed out city. Also limitation, confinement and a lack of hope.
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Who could the people who "circle" the author be? They "accuse her of being dark in their free city".
Terrorists or Revolutionaries?
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What does the phrase "My shadow falls as evidence of sunlight" mean?
There has to be despair to be hope.
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What is meant by "that November"?

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The worst time of the city.

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What is implied by "time rolls its tanks"?

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"It may now be a lie, banned by the state" Is an example of what?

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