POPPIES VS
THE EMIGREE
COMPARISON
Poppies vs Emigree comparison
In both Poppies and The Emigree both poets convey the complex emotion with come as a result of
the speaker experiencing loss due to conflict in different ways. ‘Poppies’ explores the strong mother
and son relationship and the subsequent, inherent emotions of their relationship being disrupted by
a ‘blockade’, war. Whereas in ‘The Emigree’ Rumens deals with trying to retain a false memory which
has been disrupted by conflict in the speaker’s original country. However, both find comfort within
their memories in attempts to attach themselves to the past.
In both poems, Weir and Rumens use free verse to represent the inner emotions of each speaker. In
‘The Emigree’, Rumens uses free verse to depict the internal discord of emotions and the cities true
nature- ridden with dissaray. The repeated use of enjambment emphasizes the chaotic sense that
she lacks power in her original country physically because it’s too dangerous as ‘time rolls its tanks’-
THE EMIGREE
COMPARISON
Poppies vs Emigree comparison
In both Poppies and The Emigree both poets convey the complex emotion with come as a result of
the speaker experiencing loss due to conflict in different ways. ‘Poppies’ explores the strong mother
and son relationship and the subsequent, inherent emotions of their relationship being disrupted by
a ‘blockade’, war. Whereas in ‘The Emigree’ Rumens deals with trying to retain a false memory which
has been disrupted by conflict in the speaker’s original country. However, both find comfort within
their memories in attempts to attach themselves to the past.
In both poems, Weir and Rumens use free verse to represent the inner emotions of each speaker. In
‘The Emigree’, Rumens uses free verse to depict the internal discord of emotions and the cities true
nature- ridden with dissaray. The repeated use of enjambment emphasizes the chaotic sense that
she lacks power in her original country physically because it’s too dangerous as ‘time rolls its tanks’-
