the deliverer - tishani doshi Flashcards
tercet
inequality in society - not an even number
no rhyme scheme/ rhythm
no beat, no reason for this to happen
enjambment
women have no control in society, overpowered by men
caesura
high social expectations women have to conform to
title
‘the’ - detached
giving birth
one place to another
religious
‘the sister is here telling my mother’
‘sister’ - nun, doing good things
not biological - adopted
suggests that there is a void between role of a daughter- creates a tone of resentment portraying the role of the child derived from the mother as a burden/outcast of the family
‘came to collect children’
objectifying - normal occurrence
prosaic statement
alliteration
‘crippled or dark or girls’
unwanted
‘dark’ - less attractive in some cultures - no marriage
euphemism
polysyndetic list
‘found naked in the streets’
vulnerable, no protection from society
animalistic
‘covered in garbage, stuffed in bags, abandoned at their doorstep’
left to die
neglect
abandoned - emotive, intimate - people who owe you
brand new life is treated as rubbish suggests degrading and lack of purpose-materialistic tone
‘one of them was dug up by a dog’
‘one’ suggests that there is many more of them
no identity
alliteration -dead to parents/society
‘bone or wood or something to chew’
polysyndetic list
objectified
emotionless
‘this is the one my mother will bring’
prosaic language
no identity
single stanza - detached from herself - trauma
gives hope
‘the parents wait at the gates’
domestic
allusion to childhood
not real parents - detachment
‘they are american, so they know about ceremony’
adoption is celebrated in the west
criticising real parents
