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Sujata Bhatt has two main culturalidentities Indian and English, which are represented by her use of language.Her 'mother tongue' is Gujerati, and her English voice, an adopted, becomes a'foreign voice'. This is the conflict between cultural identit...
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Sujata Bhatt has two main cultural identities Indian and English, which are represented by her use of language. Her 'mother tongue' is Gujerati, and her English voice, an adopted, becomes a 'foreign voice'. This is the conflict between cultural identities. However, this is resolved because her 'mother tongue' reasserts itself - she remembers her first language and how it represents the culture of her birthplace. To represent this language, the re-emerging 'mother tongue', the poet uses the metaphor/image of blooming buds and blossoming flower. This is a positive image. The writer also represents her shared language/culture by the way the poem is presented on the page. The middle section of the poem is written in Gujerati. This is framed on either side by her English language. Therefore, the Gujerati voice is presented as a shared part of her English voice. On the other hand John Agard uses the term 'half-caste' to obviously...
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