IT A POEM WICH U WILL HAVE TO LEARN IN YER 10 AND IT IS VERY USEFUL AS IT COULD COME UP IN YOUR GCSE PLEASE READ AS IT COULD HELP U WITH YOUR GCSE

1. SearchForMyTongue Ah ah i found it

2. BySujataBhatt

3. Revision guide In this poem the writer Sujata Bhatt is forced to speak in two languages. She feels as if her mother tongue is rotting away in her mouth as if she has lost it. Sujata butt has also spoken about this in the poem for example when she says “I think I’ve lost the mother tongue”

4. difficult Hard Lost The plant is an extended metaphor to show the dying of her Guajarati language. Awkward Confused Frustrating

5. Blossoming Of The Gujarati મને હુતું કે આબ્બી જીભ આબ્બી ભાષા(munay hutoo kay aakhee jeebh aakhee bhasha) મેં થૂંકી નાબી છે(may thoonky nakhi chay) પરંતુ રાત્રે સ્વપ્નાંમાં મારી ભાષા પાછી આવે છે(parantoo rattray svupnama mari bhasha pachi aavay chay) ફુલની જેમ મારી ભાષા મારી જીભ(foolnee jaim mari bhasha nmari jeebh) મોઢામાં બીલે છે(modhama kheelay chay) ફુલની જેમ મારી ભાષા મારી જીભ(fullnee jaim mari bhasha mari jeebh) મોઢામાં પાકે છે(modhama pakay chay)

6. Finally Excited It grows back, a stump of shoot grows longer grows moist, grows strong veins Still Have A Fighting Chance First Sight Of Life

7. Pain Uncomfortable Ties the other tongue in knots Horrible Separation Crowded