Search For My Tongue and Hurricanes Hit England Essay Example

plant connotations may have also been used to show that the language will never disappear and be forgotten completely and will always 'grow back', just as plants re-grow every spring. Differing from this is HHE. In HHE, the physical hurricane is used as pathetic fallacy to represent her internal situation; hurricanes effect areas permanently and the hurricane effects Nichols permanently, too.

She has a life-changing ephiphany which rids her of home-sickness and breaks the 'frozen lake' within her; the lake being her unemotional, cold state. This 'hurricane' of thoughts are reflected in the fast-pace of the chant-like stanza: 'Talk to me, Hurrican Talk to me, Oya Talk to me, Shango" The repetition of 'talk to me' also emphasises the speed of the poem and shows her excitement towards the hurricane. Structure is also used. In SFMT, the poem is written in three stanzas; the first and last, English, the middle, Gujarati.The fact that Gujarati is in the middle emphasises that it's within her roots and identity.

It could also show how it'll never be forgotten. The fact that there is only one stanza is Gujarati but two are English could show how she feels English is almost 'smothering' and dominating her. Whereas in HHE, the fact that the poem is written in third person at the beginning but in first person in the following stanzas show the awakening the hurricane has brought; she is now less distant from herself.In conclusion, both poems effectively show identity's importance. SFMT shows the emotional connection she has with her mother tongue as it makes her feel closer to her culture. Whereas, HHE shows how the hurricane brings her closer to

her Caribbean roots.

Both poems show how feeling disconnected from your roots can affect your life. This made me emphasise with both poets and feel embarrassed at my lack of awareness of how immigrants struggle in a foreign country.