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Sreach for my tongue - Sujata Bhatt - Coggle Diagram
Sreach for my tongue - Sujata Bhatt
Summary - poet reflects on losing her native language (tongue) but regaining it like a plant regrows - speaker expresses emotional turmoil of losing mother tongue - native language. dream-like moment when she realises that identity and language can coexist
Key Themes
Cultural identity - struggle between two cultures
Langauge - language as a representation of one's slef - worth and memory
Alienation
loss and re-birth
Structure
Free Verse
Split into 3 sections : English, Gujarati , English
non linier - visually and linguistically disrupts the flow
irregular structure reflects conflict and disjointed identity
Techniques
Extended Metaphor
Sensory Imagery - 'tounge' something physical and tangible
bilingualism - switch between English nd gujarti visually enacts the theme of dual identity
Comapre With:
Half - Caste - (cultural pride)
Poem at Thirty Nine - (heritage)
La Belle Dame - (language barriers metamorphically)- loss of control and identity
Speaker
First person
key things to remember:
Direct adress - ( "you ask me") - addresses reader straight away
Extended metaphor - used throughout poem
anadoplosis - 'rot"
added language to prove to reader how she feels
persistant of cultural roots - mother tongue is innate and resiliant
emotional alienation - speaker = deep sense of loss and detachment from her native language
empowerment through language - reclaiming her mother tongue becomes an act of resistance and healing