Page 2: Analysis of First Two Stanzas

This page provides detailed analysis of the poem's opening sections, exploring the literary devices and thematic elements.

Definition: Pathetic fallacy - The attribution of human emotions or characteristics to nature or inanimate objects.

Highlight: The fairy tale opening "There once was" creates an intentional contrast with the harsh realities described later.

Quote: "It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants, / but I am branded by an impression of sunlight"

Example: The use of white imagery in "white streets" suggests both purity and surrender, creating a complex symbolic meaning.

Vocabulary: Lexical field - A group of words related in meaning and context used throughout a text.

Page 1: The Poem Text

The opening page presents the complete text of The Emigree, structured in three stanzas. The poem establishes its central themes through carefully crafted imagery and metaphor.

Highlight: The repeated motif of "sunlight" appears throughout the poem, representing hope, memory, and resistance against darkness.

Quote: "There once was a country... I left it as a child / but my memory of it is sunlight-clear"

Example: The poem uses the metaphor of a "bright, filled paperweight" to represent preserved memories that cannot be altered by current events.

Vocabulary: Emigree - A female emigrant; someone who has left their native country to settle in another.