Comparisons Between The Two Poems 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' & 'Search for my Tongue'
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Comparisons Between The Two Poems 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' & 'Search for my Tongue' In our poetry unit, we have been studying two poems from different cultures titled 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan' by Moniza Alvi, and 'Search for my Tongue' by Sujata Bhatt. In this essay, I will be showing you how the writers use their own poetic devices within their work to their advantage and how the poets have used different themes to overcome in their own poems. To begin this essay, I will be presenting to you how Alvi and Bhatt have used different viewpoints within their poems to put across their message to the reader. In the poem 'Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan', Alvi chooses to present her work in the narrative viewpoint of the first person, reducing the chance of her poem being a conversational one. She then chooses to phrase her work in the...


