Compare the two poems, Presents from my aunts in Pakistan and Essay exa

Compare the two poems, Presents from my aunts in Pakistan andSearch for my tongue. Both poems shows lot thinking about theirroots and how each poem conveys their thoughts and feelings.In this judge I will be evaluating two poems from different culturesand traditions. Both poems Search for my tongue and presents frommy aunts in Pakistan are about true identity and searching for yourroots.Presents from my aunts in Pakistan is generally about a girl who is ofmixed race and how she describes the gifts of clothes and jewelrysent to her in England by her Pakistani relatives.There is no hoar scheme and the poem is written in free versify. Freeverse simply means that the phrases are arranged loosely across thepage. It is split into stanzas of varying length.The girl contrasts the beautiful clothes and jewellery of India withEnglish clothing. She describes how it feels same(p) wear the salwarkameez and how she longed for denim and corduroy. Shes drawn to theloveliness of the gifts t ho feels awkward wearing them because she ismore comfortable in English clothes.The poem is full of associated, sometimes contrasting images. Anexample of a contrasting image is of no strict nationality staringthrough fretwork in the Shalimar gardens. Fretwork is basicallycosmetic carving and the Shalimar gardens is an ornamental ark inLahore, her hometown.The girl describes how aliveness in England differs from life in Pakistan.She talks about the salwar kameez as alien but deficient cardigansfrom Marks and Spencers. The way the women live is somewhat differentfrom that of England. For example her aunts were in shaded rooms,screened from male visitors whereas the women in England go o... ... leftwith. The speaker imagines herself there in Lahore - somewhere she hasbeen only in her thoughts. However she is of no fixed nationality.This sounds a slightly threatening phrase.After thoroughly reading the poems, I render arrived at two mainconclusions. Firstly it is important to kno w where whizz comes from,which is perhaps what the girl in the poem was lacking as a child andit is also important to know what has gone into ones making, even instead far back, I think it gives you a sense perhaps of richness. secondly it is sometimes very difficult knowing two languages buthaving to send away the one that belongs to you. Ones mother tongue isan important link to your family and your childhood.Last but not least I agree deeply with the statement and I quote thats the deepest layer of my identity which was said by SujatiBhatt, the writer.