“hesitate”
word choice-change- suggests a uncertainty of who she is, as a result of the shift
“blind toy”
word choice-change- blind suggests a uncertainty which shows she doesn’t know how to move forward
“all childhood is an emigration”
imagery-change/isolation- emigration suggest a total change of location which shows that it is a total disorientating shift.
“tongue shedding its skin like a snake”
simile-change- it is a total change however it is gradual
“as the miles rushed back to the city”
imagery/personification-change-suggests how quickly it all seemed
which fell through the fields
fell = out of control, losing balance / sense of control, highlighting the intensity of the change