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The white streets

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

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

Mysterious language; this suggests the speaker could be in exile

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My city

The use of the possessive pronoun conveys the speaker’s deep admiration for, and pride in, her city

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It may be sick with tyrants…

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

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The bright filled paperweight

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

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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

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