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My brothers cried, one of them bawling Home
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‘Bawling’ uses effective word choice to convey the strength of the feeling
Home is capitalised and repeated on the next line to emphasise the strength
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We came from our own country in a red room
Which fell through the fields
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Opening lines introduce the idea of emigration but are ambiguous
‘Our own country’ reinforces the sense of belonging to where Duffy is leaving (Glasgow)
‘Red room’ - childish / naive description of a train/car - introduces how children can see the world in different, often confused ways
‘Fell through the fields’ - aliiteration of ‘f’ sound and the image creates a sense of lack of control of the experience
