Search for my tongue big ideas, structure and form

Question 1

Search for my tongue big ideas

Answer 1

struggling of having and balancing two identities
tongue as a metonym for her first language
one lanugage/identity must be dominant
guharati transliteration gives the reader a sense of what it is like to try to work in a different language
final third of the poem focuses on the triumph of the mother tongue
positive ending? or negative if can only happen in a dream

Question 2

Search for my tongue stucture

Answer 2

3 stanzas - 1st and 3rd in English 2nd in Gujarati, 3rd is a translation of the second
1st stanza explores the difficulty of balancing identities and people’s tolerance - conflict
3rd stanza more hopeful and triumphant as the mother tongue “blossoms” and returns. Hope that the two can live in harmony

Question 3

Search for my tongue form

Answer 3

free verse
speaker explores feelings about language and identity
conversational though quite confrontational at the start

Question 4

what to compare to search for my tongue

Answer 4

half-caste - identity, lack of tolerance, hope, colfict
blessing - struggle/hope
war photographer conflict