Search for My Tongue

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  • Created on: 13-01-22 19:42
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  • Search for My Tongue
    • Language
      • aggressive shift in an arguable defensive tone
        • emphasize the linguistic contrasts
          • QUOTE
      • use of attacking direct address
        • desperate need for communication
          • QUOTE
            • makes the reader emphasise
        • makes the reader emphasise
        • personal and emotive undertone
          • QUOTE
          • conversational feel of the whole poem
            • personal and emotive undertone
              • offset by the gruesome language of a tongue
                • used both metaphorically and physically
          • conversational feel of the whole poem
            • offset by the gruesome language of a tongue
              • used both metaphorically and physically
          • switch from you to it and i in the final stanza
            • creates a narrative experiance
              • "you"
            • has us follow along the poets journey
              • "it"
              • "I"
                • creates a narrative experiance
                  • "you"
          • shift in type of consonance
            • "rot and die"
              • stanza 1
              • hard consonance
            • "with a stump of a shoot'
              • stanza 3
              • softer consonance + sibilance
            • shows change in emotion
          • assonance in the final stanza
            • drowsy tone
              • line 33
        • Structure
          • free verse
            • suits the narrative that runs throughout the poem
          • momentum is built
          • changes in pace
            • makes the reader feel as though they are going on a journey
          • 2 changes of pace in first stanza
            • shows uncontrolled nature of the stanza
            • lines 3-7- faster pace with lack of punctuation
              • shows the reader the feeling of having 'two tongues in your mouth' and having a lack of control
            • lines 10-15 abrupt lack of punctution
          • repitition in the first stanza
            • "rot" and "die"
            • creates an intense feeling of impending doom + tension building
              • emphasises the the breaking point that occurs in the second stanza
          • repeating sounds in the Gujarat stanza
            • "chay"
            • draws the reader in with the temptation of what they don't know
              • hint at depth and meaning we can't understand
          • Gujarati stanza presented as a dream
            • references the mystery of dreams
            • shows the fact that it is a deeply personal occurrence
              • only can be understood by its target audience
          • Gujarati stanza in the middle
            • being framed by english with her true self showing through
          • repitition of phrases rather than words in the final stanza
            • "the bud opens"
            • makes the reader feel as though the poet is almost groggy- waking up after a dream
        • Ideas
          • language creates vivid imagery
          • plant imagery motif
          • shift from "rot  and die" to "blossoms"
            • creates narrative structure of the poem
            • clear image that shows the growth of the poet
              • makes the reader see the poet as the plant, only able to blossom after her native language is given back to her, liek water to a plant
        • Thesis/ intro
          • "throughout the poem, the constant evolution in structure and language exemplifies the narrative nature of this story of personal growth and the theme of identity"
      • thing that happens
      • what it does
      • quote
      • contrasting point

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