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
- emphasize the linguistic contrasts
- use of attacking direct address
- desperate need for communication
- QUOTE
- makes the reader emphasise
- QUOTE
- makes the reader emphasise
- personal and emotive undertone
- QUOTE
- QUOTE
- conversational feel of the whole poem
- personal and emotive undertone
- offset by the gruesome language of a tongue
- used both metaphorically and physically
- personal and emotive undertone
- desperate need for communication
- conversational feel of the whole poem
- offset by the gruesome language of a tongue
- used both metaphorically and physically
- offset by the gruesome language of a tongue
- 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"
- creates a narrative experiance
- creates a narrative experiance
- 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
- "rot and die"
- assonance in the final stanza
- drowsy tone
- line 33
- drowsy tone
- aggressive shift in an arguable defensive tone
- 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
- free verse
- 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"
- Language
- thing that happens
- what it does
- quote
- contrasting point
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