With close reference Search for my tongue written by Sujata Bhatt, and
Still I rise by Maya Angelou both explore the effective
With close reference “Search for my tongue” written by Sujata Bhatt,
and “Still I rise” by Maya Angelou both explore the effectiveness of
their celebration of culture and traditions.
The two poems are about both poets reflecting upon how important it
is to keep in touch with cultures and traditions, to be proud of who
you are and where you come from.
“Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou, a confident defiant woman with lots of
personality, pumps her sassiness into the poem to do nothing but
inspire and move us. It is an inspiring poem about the poet herself
overcoming great obstacles which her and her family has fought against
all their lives. Her poem is a call to have pride in yourself no
matter what you are, or where you come from. It evokes a feeling of
great human spirit and, you can't but pay attention to the possibility
that it is dedicated to one particular culture or race, the black
slaves.
Angelou’s strong personality mirrors the way in which she decided to
set the poem out in rhyming verse. It’s strong, yet upbeat bouncy feel
cries to be read out aloud which also reflects her powerful,
independent personality. Her defiance immediately starts to shine from
the first stanza. After all the negativity, “…bitter, twisted lies”,
“…trod me in the very dirt” she will still get up and rise against it
all, not letting anyone control her. From such a negative stanza she
moves on to an energetic tone in stanza three. She uses nature “Just
like moons and like stars” to bring out a buoyant optimistic tone; by
using the certainty of nature she is conveying the message that no one
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...e of Gujarat in “Search for my tongue” and with
the strong bouncy rhythm in “Still I rise” both poems scream to be
read out loud.
“It grows back, a stump of a shoot” Like Angelou, Bhatt also uses
nature to bring out the uplifting tone of the poem. She conveys the
idea that nature is certain, the rain will always come back in April
and the sun will always come back to shine in June. She then uses
positive repetition “… the bud opens, the bud opens…” bringing an
energetic flow into the poem the use of repetition also adds
excitement and tension building to an immensely powerful metaphor “It
blossoms in my mouth”. Sujata Bhatt finishes the elevating moving poem
on a high note. Angelou and Bhatt explore both the ups and downs of
their lives but both of the poets end their poems with them defeating
their problems and worries and standing up for their rights.
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Demetria Martínez’s Mother Tongue is divided into five sections and an epilogue. The first three parts of the text present Mary/ María’s, the narrator, recollection of the time when she was nineteen and met José Luis, a refuge from El Salvador, for the first time. The forth and fifth parts, chronologically, go back to her tragic experience when she was seven years old and then her trip to El Salvador with her son, the fruit of her romance with José Luis, twenty years after she met José Luis. And finally the epilogue consists a letter from José Luis to Mary/ María after her trip to El Salvador. The essay traces the development of Mother Tongue’s principal protagonists, María/ Mary. With a close reading of the text, I argue how the forth chapter, namely the domestic abuse scene, functions as a pivotal point in the Mother Tongue as it helps her to define herself.
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and she strongly replies, ? We fail! / But screw your courage to the sticking-place, / And we?ll not fail.? Whenever he is backing down she pushes him forward again.
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