Themes
Name ONE theme
immigrant experiences & sacrifice
Identity
Resilience
Finish the quote: "They worked too hard, you can tell by their _______."
hands
The repeated phrase, "One mother tongue...one swollen belly," is an example of which technique?
Repetition
Who is the author of 'Broken English'
Rupi Kaur
Who is the main subject of this poem.
Immigrant parents, especially mothers
Finish the quote: "Instead hang it up on the wall Of museums next to ____ and ____ ____
Dali
Van Gogh
Identify the simile in the poem
"Like two brackets they faced one another"
"Her accent is thick like honey"
What is her nationality and ethnicity
Canadian and Indian
What theme is shown through the quote, "Her accent is thick like honey"
Immigrant experience
Find one example of a simile
"Her accent is thick like honey"
Where is imagery in the poem?
“You can tell by their hands”
When did she begin performing poetry
In 2009
What theme does this quote belong to, "Was it worth it to put all our money into the dream of a country that's swallowing us whole."
Resilience and Pride
Find one example of imagery
"Loneliness living where the iris was"
"Heat of their own bodies"
"You can tell by their hand"
Which poetic technique gives human qualities to non-human objects?
Personification
Why doesn't she use capitalisation in her poems
Reflects her mother tongue, Punjabi
Find one quote that shows Identity and Language in Broken English
"One mother tongue...one swollen belly"
What does this quote symbolise?
"there are some things in the world, So infinite they can never use a full stop”
It symbolises an ending limitation, a parent's love cannot be neatly contained and defined.
What is the tone of the poem?
Reflective and later direct and powerful
What is the purpose behind 'Broken English'
To show strength and determination of immigrants and criticise people who mock immigrants.