PEEL paragraph by Ruby Johnston

Marc

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:39:59 UTC

However, as the poem progresses it starts to divert and reveal that there is a shift in the writers tone and feeling. This is illustrated when the speaker uses imagery to portray that she never lost her mother tongue as she describes ' it grows back, a stump of a shoot' this vividly conveys that here is a new beginning. This is skillfully reinforced by the use of metaphor when it refers her mother tongue coming back as ' a stump of a shoot' this diverts the whole poem and it becomes more inspiring, as she says ' I think i've lost my mother tounge, it blossoms back' this illustrater that she never really lost it, and it depicts her feeling pf hope and happiness as she skillfully uses the noun 'blossoms' to relate her mother tongue to a beautiful flower and how everytime it comes back it is a lovely moment.

Ines

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:14 UTC

However, as the poem progresses, there is a shift in tone as the speaker is able to retrieve its mother tongue. This is highlighted through the use of the extended metaphor when her mother tongue “ties the other tongue in knots.” This exemplifies the fact that her mother tongue was now overpowering her foreign tongue illustrating its presence. The use of the verb, “ties” has connotations of dominancy which reinforces the point that her mother tongue shifted from being forgotten to becoming prominent. Overall, the writer shows the speaker’s feeling about her mother tongue as her own valued possession which cannot be replaced.

Mathias

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:25 UTC

However, as the poem progresses there is a shift in tone as the speaker talks about how her mother tongue is a part of her identity and that she will never lose it. This is highlighted when she comment on how “everytime [she] thinks [she] has forgotten, it blossoms out of [her] mouth”. This supports the idea of her use of extended metaphor

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Caelyn

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:32 UTC

However, as the poem progresses, there’s a shift in how the author feels about her mother tongue. The poet conveys the sense of strength regarding her mother tongue growing back in the second part of the poem. The poet does this through the use of an extended metaphor, of her tongue becoming a plant. Creating an image to the reader that “it [her tongue] grows back, [as] a stump of shoot.” This portrays that her mother tongue is growing back, and will always be stronger than the other tongue. The author comparing her tongue with a plant could also symbolise that it is natural for her, creating a sense of belonging. The author then continues to reinforce the strength of her mother tongue by stating that it had pushed “the other tongue aside”. The authors use of juxtaposes shows a contrast from the first part of the paragraph. Where the mother tongue now is the dominant one, instead of the other tongue. This illustrates that her mother tongue will always end up to be the stronger one. Overall, the writer successfully conveys the sense of strength in her mother tongue though the use of an extended metaphor and a juxtapose.

Zoe

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:36 UTC

This poet communicates the speaker’s feelings by demonstrating a shift in tone as the poem progresses. She does this through the use of juxtaposition when it describes how every time she feels she’s ‘lost her mother tongue, it blossoms out of her mouth’. This highlights that her original language will always be more dominant, no matter how often the foreign language takes over.

Kenzo

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:40 UTC

However, as the poem progresses, there is a shift in tone as the speaker becomes more enthusiastic in the 2nd half of the poem. She does this through the use of imagery when she describes “a stump of a shoot grows longer, grows moist, grows strong veins, it ties the other tongue in knots”. This shows that she regains her mother tongue language and is stronger and more planted into her mind meaning it's more safely kept in her mind now. This is reinforced by the part of the quote “It ties the other tongue in knots” which represents the mother tongue is taking and controlling the other tongues into confusing twists and turns. The keyword “tongue” is important because it is meant to represent the language that the woman speaks and in a way, it gives it a way to feel alive and moving. Overall the writer shows enthusiasm in remembering her mother tongue as a whole.

Nicole

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:47 UTC

However, as the poem progresses there is a shift in tone as the speaker illustrates how her tongue comes back and becomes stronger. She does this through the use of metaphor when it describes her tongue “blossoms out of [her] mouth”. This shows how her original language will always be more dominant. The key word “blossoms” connotes to flowers, which is beautiful and also represents the new beginning. Overall, the writer skill-fully creates the image of her original tongue suddenly overpowering and how she will never forget her mother tongue.

Jasper

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:50 UTC

Over all the writer shows how she thinks that she is losing her mother tongue, but in her dream it comes back again in her head. This is highlighted in the qute when Sujata Bhatt wrote about living in a foreign country would make your mother tongue" rot and die in your mouth " . The kes word 'rot is important because it has connatations to something diying, and going bad, this is further reinforced by thie word 'die' which makes the writers expressions thinking even more dearer. But after talking about losing her mother tongue she writes about how her mother tongue "blossoms" out of her mouth. The key word 'blossoms" shows how the mother tongue is blowing out from her mouth in a bertiful way, which set Overall Sujata Bhatt's use of extended metaphors nc shows how she thinks she has lost her mother town tongue but it comes back.

Jacob

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:54 UTC

However, as the poem continues, the speaker tells how her tongue returns and becomes stronger, which results in a shift in tone. She uses metaphor to do this when she claims that her tongue "blossoms out of [her] mouth." This illustrates why her mother tongue will always have more sway. Flowers are referred to as "blossoms" because they represent a new beginning. Overall, the author accuratly describes how her mother tongue abruptly took over and how she would always remember it.

Tyler

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:40:57 UTC

In "Search For My Tongue" by Sujata Bhlatt, the poet conveys the speaker's difficult feelings regarding her mother tongue and its subsequent loss, and the fact that she felt like she had to abandon it.

The extended metaphor of having "two tongues in your mouth" is used to represent the difficulty of trying to maintain a sense of cultural heritage and identity, while trying to linguistically adapt to the new environment she found herself in.

Describing the adverse effect of having to speak a foreign language, she states that her mother tongue would "rot, rot and die in [[her]] mouth", illustrating how she had to fit in at the expense of her native language.

The verb "die" connotes a sense of finality, highlighting how disconnected and distant from her language she had become.

Overall, the speaker's struggles with speaking a foreign language at the expense of her mother tongue are conveyed successfully by the writer.

Bao

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:41:00 UTC

However, as the poem progresses there is a shift in tone as the speaker realizes that her mother tounge is naturally coming back. She does this through the use of metaphor when it describes 'it blossoms out of my mouth'. This shows that even when she thought she lost her mother tounge, it naturally came back. This is reinforced by the word 'blossoms' which connotes beauty of a flower, which shows that her tounge is beautiful to her. Overall the writer shows that her mother naturally came back.

Hyugo

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:41:08 UTC

However, as the poem progresses, there is a shift in tone as the writer become more confident and is in a joyful mood since her toungue 'grows longer, grows moist, grows strong veins.' we can see hat the writer has use visual imegary to show us thta she has regrown her toungue.

JoMa

johnstonr10 — 2024-05-02 00:41:11 UTC

In "search for my tongue" by Sujata Bhatt, the poet illustrates the challenges of the Journey of her losing her mother tongue. Throught out the poem, the author Uses metaphor when she says " Your mother tongue would rot and die in you moth, until you had to." This vividly portrays her feelings, This illustrates that she has to abandon her Previous language in order to fit in the new one. The Strong Verb “rot” connotes finality and getting rid of. She feels like she cant return to her mother tongue. In conclusion, the writer manages to highlight and portray the persons fears and challenges of losing her mother tongue in exchange of a language which majority of people speak.