Search for my tongue

Question 1

Tongue

Answer 1

The speaker uses a metonym by using the word “tongue” to represent language

Question 2

More analysis

Answer 2

The image of “two tongues in your mouth” is shocking and creates an unpleasant thought:
It could also suggest that those with more than one “tongue” find it difficult to create enough space to speak one language, let alone two

Question 3

mother tongue

Answer 3

The phrase “mother tongue” suggests a deep personal connection to the language she has been brought up knowing

Question 4

“the foreign tongue”:

Answer 4

The phrase “the foreign tongue” emphasises the fact that the speaker does not feel like it belongs to her and lacks a familiarity that the “mother tongue” had

Question 5

“if you lived in a place you had to speak a foreign tongue”

Answer 5

The speaker states that “if you lived in a place you had to speak a foreign tongue”, which suggests people may be forced to abandon what is familiar in order to assimilate