Poems from Other Cultures and Traditions - Explain how two Poets from your Selection to Present Cultural Differences

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Explain how two Poets from your Selection to Present Cultural Differences

There are many cultural differences within different religious groups, and people originating from different countries or regions. The selection of poems shows some of these different experiences and views. Moniza Alvi, in her poem “Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan”, shows how two cultures integrated in her personal experiences, by the marriage of her Pakistani father and English mother, as well as her experiences away from her own county. “Search for my Tongue” by Sujata Bhatt also shows the cultural differences that she felt when living in another country, and felt she may lose part of her identity if she forgot her own language. When living in a foreign country, it is easy to forget your own cultural values as you try to fit into new surroundings, and this issue is explored in different ways by both the poets.

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Alvi, in “Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan” describes the gifts of clothing she receives in England from Pakistani relatives, but does not feel entirely comfortable in them. She longs for “demin and corduroy”, worn in England, and is uncomfortable with her background, which she is not entirely familiar with, probably due to her mixed race, and feels she does not belong entirely in either country. In “Search for my Tongue”, Bhatt is living in America, and is anxious of forgetting her mother tongue, a strong link to her childhood, In India. She feels caught between her new life, ...

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