Search Of My Tongue

Question 1

‘tongue’

Answer 1

This is a metonym to represent her language.

Question 2

‘two tongues in your mouth’

Answer 2

Shows that people with two tongues may feel that it is hard to have two languages

Question 3

‘mother tongue’

Answer 3

Suggests a deep personal connection to the language she has been brought up knowing

Question 4

‘the foreign tongue’

Answer 4

Emphasises that she doesn’t like that language and it lacks the familiarity that the ‘mother tongue’ had

Question 5

Why does the write switch between enjambments and end stops

Answer 5

To reflect the tension between the mother tongue and the foreign tongue

Question 6

‘And’

Answer 6

Conveys the speaker’s desperation and desire to get her feelings across

Question 7

What does the translation mean

Answer 7

This helps those who are unable to read Gujarati as they can still sound out the words in her native tongue, even if they do not know what it means

Question 8

‘grow’

Answer 8

Repetition of this suggests the tongue is growing and becoming healthier

Question 9

‘blossoms’

Answer 9

Visual Imagery creates an image of something beautiful and appealing