Moniza Alvi Poem meaning

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Moniza alvi was born in lahore pakistian she moved to hertfordshire when she was a few months old where she grew.she went to the unviersity of york where she studed english. Peacock Luggage, a book of poems by Moniza Alvi and , was published as a result of the two poets winning together the Poetry Business Prize in 1991 for her poem 'Presents from my aunts in Pakistan'. Since then, Moniza Alvi has written four poetry collections.

John Agard was born in 1949 in Guyana. He wrote is first poem at the age of 16.Agard worked for chronicle newspaper as a sub editor and moved to England in 1977.1997 Agard won the Paul hamlyn award for poetry he traveled extensively thought performing his poetry. Although Agard lived in England since 1978 his imagination is still deeply Caribbean.

 

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  Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan is a poem about a young girl of mixed race and the difficulty she finds with fitting in, or feeling apart of either the Pakistani or the English culture. The young girl in the poem is describing gifts that were sent to her in England from Pakistan. The presents from Pakistan are beautiful but the girl feels awkward wearing them, feeling that "denim and corduroy" would be more suitable. Whereas in contrast the relatives in Pakistan would like the conventional English "cardigans /from Marks and Spencer." The poem is a sequence ...

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