Tasks 1a, 2+ and 4+ page 337

1a.

This poem is about migrant that does not know where she comes from, what nationality she has and has no place to go. The issue of the story is a journey of a lost person so the theme is unknown journey.

2+.

Poem page 336- The Migrant

The title:

The migrant has not been mentioned in the story but it seems like she is it.

The speaker/voice in the poem:

The poet is herself and the voice is neautral (the narrator is telling what happens)

What is going on in the poem?

It is telling a story of the girl but also sharing the feelings.

Diction:

Voyage- journey

"Embaring Passangers Only- she´s going on a journey again"

Literary devices:

Symbols:

Voyage

Metaphors:

"Facing the inescapable", "stuffed her bosom with strange currency".

    They are helping me to create images of the story. F.ex. the 
    voyage tells me that she on a journey.

Tone:

The tone is sombre.

Sound effects:

only-lonly (in the last paragraph)

Structure:

The poem is written in seven stanzas. There is no breaks in the poem

Free verse:

It is because ther eis no ryhtmes and the sentences have different forms, some are long and some are short.

Theme:

The theme is a unknown journey.

4+.

a) 

"The Migrant"

My name is Maria. I have been travelling on boat from nowhere for last ten days. I have never remembered where I was born, where I came from and where I belonged to. I did not know how I get on the boat or if someone helped me. I had a feeling like a lightheadedness. It might have been an amnesia. The only thing I knew was that I was on a voyage from south.

I was very young, but old enough for such a challenge. Without recollection I did not know what to do. One day I came to the beautiful island called Jamaica. I have met there a very friendly local couple. They were young and crazy. They have made a very nice welcome to me.

This day I believed that I was home. Beautiful beaches and palms. The place with love and happiness. But then I realized that it was not it and I was just in transit. I did not what really happened there. If it was some kind of conspiracy or I have been kidnapped. However, it could not be some kind of these things because I was alone on this journey. Later I began to remind something about the promise land. Then, I knew that I have to continue my trip.

I wanted to postpone my departure but I had a feeling that I had to travel further. In the port I stared to read travel brochures and think about all these challenges that I will face there. I went forward to the entrance for passengers. I was fearful and lonely. Afterwards I said goodbye to the coast of Jamaica and arrived to the coast of Florida.

I knew that I was already where I was supposed to be. A few days later I received a letter from my mother in which she explained me everything and then I realized where I came from. It was not written in the letter but only one small detail gave me a hint. It was a post stamp from Venezuela.

Sources:
- Access to International English page 336-337