Search for my tongue

Question 1

What is the poem SFMT about

Answer 1

it is about the conflict between native langauage and foreign langauge and the everlasting struggle for people who have “Two tongues”

Question 2

Who wrote Search for my tongue

Answer 2

Sujata Bhat

Question 3

What are some words you could use to describe SFMT

Answer 3

Powerful, conflict, home sick, vivid, metaphorical, desires

Question 4

What are some key devices in SFMT

Answer 4

Contrast, Imagery, Metaphors, Idioms, Volta, Different language

Question 5

What are some of the main themes in search for my tongue

Answer 5

Language, Identity, and Communication

Question 6

What language is used in SFMT

Answer 6

Guajarati

Question 7

How is the mother tongue described

Answer 7

Extended metaphor of floral imagery with semantic field of flowers

Question 8

Why is the Guajarati in the middle of the poem

Answer 8

Lends to structure but also shows how it is at the centre of her life, her culture and IDENTITY is true and ever protected