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Comparison of ‘Unrelated Incidents’ and ‘Search For My Tongue’
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Comparison of 'Unrelated Incidents' and 'Search For My Tongue' 'Search for my Tongue' This poem is about a woman who speaks 2 languages - English and Indian. She is from India, but has been forced to speak English, but she sometimes forgets what language she is speaking. This is shown in the poem in line 17-29, which are written in her 'mother tongue'. The entire poem describes her lingual conflict, and the way that whenever she thinks the mother tongue has gone from her mouth, it appears again. This poem is structured in 3 sections. The first section is line 1-16, the second is line 16-30, and the final section is line 31-38. The first and last sections are in English; the second is written in her natural language. The third section describes the 'mother tongue', comparing it to a plant. This poem is a very good example of...
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