1)A Different History- - How does Sujata BHatt convey her concern for her mother tongue in ’A Different History’ - Explore how A Different History powerfully conveys Sujata Bhatt’s feelings about the oppresion of language and culture. 2)Pied Beauty- - Explore what you find most striking about the imagery in ’Pied Beauty’ or ’The Woodspurge’ - What is God being praised for? What do you find so striking or original or beautiful in this poem which celebrates the breath-taking variety of nature
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other people. Some of them are even described by poetry. There are many of poems‚ telling about living within foreign community. But two of them‚ in my opinion‚ have got something special about them. These two poems are: "Search for my tongue" by Sujata Bhatt and "Unrelated Incidents" written by Tom Leonard. As we look through "Search for my tongue"‚ we see use of different language‚ right in the middle‚ just like in songs. It’s written in some kind of African language‚ probably Gujerati. We clearly
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Modern English poetry in India is one of the many new literatures which began to emerge at the end of the Second World War‚ after the end of colonialism. Unlike the Africa and Caribbean creative writings‚ modern Indian poetry in English did not have an obvious direct relationship with the cultural movements that had led to national independence. The emergence of modern English poetry was a part of modernization which included urbanization‚ industrialization‚ mobility‚ independence‚ social change
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A Different History - Sujata Bhatt A Different History Sujata Bhatt Summary: The poet here talks about the affects of colonization or globalization for that matter. Whatever the case she addresses a sudden change in the way society thinks and how we should try to preserve it. She also talks about the loss of culture that comes with globalization and the loss of part of our history as we reject the teachings of the old culture and of our old heritage. It could be for this reason that she decided
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Where I Come From – Elizabeth Brewster Summary Elizabeth Brewster’s Where I Come From talks about the place where she spent some of her life and contrasts it with the place to which she belonged. We are all shaped by the places where we have lived – not just the places we come from but also the places where we have lived. The first stanza describes the city where everything in shining and new and impersonal. There are very distinct smells in the city and none of them very nice. Even the tulip does
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In ‘Search For My Tongue’‚ another poem by Sujata Bhatt‚ she talks of the strangeness and difficulty of having two languages‚ and the fear of losing her “mother tongue”‚ the language she was brought up to speak by her mother. Bhatt was born in India in 1956‚ moved to the USA in 1968‚ and now lives in Germany‚ so she is well aware of how much a change of culture and language can affect people. ‘A Different History’ is in two linked parts: lines 1-18‚ then lines 19-29. The first suggests that although
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Zitkala-Sa The Indian way of life‚ is all about spirit and faith. Their whole culture is build up about it‚ and losing the spirit is the same as losing their status in the community. The story about the 8-year-old girl‚ Zitkala-Sa‚ is about how an Indian girl is leaving her mother‚ and follows the paleface missionaries to the East. Zitkala-Sa has always wanted to experience the East‚ with the big apple trees‚ and the lovely way of living‚ and even though her mother don’t believe in the palefaces’
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LITERATURE IN ENGLISH (2010) Paper 1 2 hours 40 minutes Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples‚ paper clips‚ highlighters‚ glue or correction fluid. Answer four questions. Your questions must be from either three or four different set books. This question paper is divided into three sections: Drama‚ Poetry‚ Prose. Your questions must
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Knowledge-II: Wines - Sujata Patil 1 Fortified wines • Definition – A fortified wine is a wine that is "fortified" with additional alcohol that’s been added to the base wine during fermentation‚ bringing the average alcohol content up around 17-20%. – Fortified wines can be either dry or sweet (with the middle-ground of medium-sweet or mediumdry covered in virtually all types of fortified wine categories). 9 April 2012 BAC-2126 Beverage Knowledge-II: Wines - Sujata Patil 2 Regions
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end of the examination‚ fasten all your work securely together. All questions in this paper carry equal marks. This document consists of 8 printed pages and 4 blank pages. SP (NH) T53876/1 © UCLES 2008 [Turn over 2 Section A: Poetry SUJATA BHATT: Point No Point 1 Either (a) It has been said that Bhatt’s poems focused on India are less successful than those based on her experiences elsewhere. By comparing two poems‚ say whether you find this to be true. (b) Comment closely on the following
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