The Emigree

Who wrote the poem The Emigree?

• Carol Romans

• William Wordsworth

• Robert Browning

• Carol Rumens

What is a recurring theme in The Emigree?

• Fear

• Shame

• Light

• Love

What technique is "the bright, filled paperweight"?

• Simile

• Alliteration

• Metaphor

• Pathetic fallacy

What is the big idea of the poem?

• Although the speaker has to leave her country because of war, her memories of the place are only positive.

• The speaker had to leave her country because of war and her memories are negative.

• The speaker was in a war and she helped to force people out of their country.

• The speaker left her country because of war and is happier in her new country.

How many stanzas does the poem have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The speaker says her home country is "sick with tyrants." What technique is this?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Caesura

When talking about her home language, the speaker says "That child's vocabulary/ I carried here like a hollow doll." What technique is being used?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Adjective

The speaker says "my city comes to me in its own white plane." Give two relevant connotations of the colour white.

• Peace

• Colours

• Innocence

• Bright

What technique is "time rolls its tanks"?

• Simile

• Verb

• Alliteration

• Pathetic Fallacy

Who are "they" in the poem?

• Children

• People from her home country

• People in her new country

• Her friends