EnglishLIT Honour Killing Quotes

'At last I'm taking off',

'At last I'm taking off', 'I'm taking off' (Metaphor, anaphora, present continuous tense)

'coat',

'coat', 'veil', 'silks', 'skin', 'the womb' (Imagery, present)

'Born wearing it,

'Born wearing it, I believed I had no choice' (Pronoun)

'Let's see /

'Let's see / what I am in here' ('Let's', Enjambment)

'plotting /

'plotting / at my new geography' (Metaphor)

'this black veil of faith /

'this black veil of faith / that made me faithless' (Juxtaposition, veil)

'gave my god a devil's face, /

'gave my god a devil's face, / and muffled my own voice.' (Sibilance)

'these lacy things /

'these lacy things / that feed dictator dreams' (Metaphor or alliteration)

'when I squeeze past

'when I squeeze past the easy cage of bone' (Metaphor)