The Emigree

What is the overview of The Emigree?

Someone who had to leave their country to be safe

Who is the author of The Emigree?

Carol Rumens

Give me contextual points about Carol Rumens

Writes about foreign customs, culture and language

Give me contextual points about The Emigree

Migration and leaving home and living somewhere else

What is the form of The Emigree

• 3 8 lined stanzas

• Stanza 2 – Reminisce home land

• Stanza 3 – Struggles of new land

Language Quote 2

“____ may ___ at ____, it ___ be ____ with _____”

“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants”

Uses the subjunctive case to show that she does not want to ruin the image of her city that she has

Language Quote 2

“I ____ its ___ and ____ its _____ _____”

“I comb its hair and love its shining eyes”

Metaphor emphasises the romanticised outlook she has on her city, almost motherly actions which personify the city and elucidates the love she has for it

Language Quote 3

“They ____ ___” x___

“They accuse me” x2

The defeat she feels, she is an outsider who will never feel as anything less or more

Structure Quote 1

Motif — “Sunlight”
“I am branded by an impression of sunlight”

Emblematic of the warmth and comfort associated with the city of birth

What is the key idea of The Emigree?

War ruins peoples lives but their memories keep them sane