Key quotations

The white streets

Light and colour imagery; Highlights how overwhelming positive the speaker’s memories are of her city

I have no passport, there’s no way back at all

Mysterious language; this suggests the speaker could be in exile

My city takes me dancing

The use of the possessive pronoun conveys the speaker’s deep admiration for, and pride in, her city. ” (it is romantic and passionate lover)

It may be sick with tyrants…

Personification of the city; emphasises the strength of her dislike for the people currently controlling the city

The bright filled paperweight

Metaphor; this metaphor suggests the strength and solidity of the speakers positive memories

I comb its hair and love its shining eyes

Personification of the city, the quite intensifies the sense of the speakers love and affection towards the city. It’s also a childish image, conjuring up the images of innocent and purity

I am branded by an impression of sunlight

Imagery of light - it will stay with her forever