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    The document summarizes key elements in the poem including: 1. The repetition of getting henna tattoos emphasizes the poet's feeling of alienation in India as well as giving the poem a simple, chorus-like structure. 2. Vivid imagery is used to create a sense of wonder and delight, such as descriptions of colors floating in balloons and personified shop window dummies. 3. There is ambiguity in one line where getting brown veins could reference both the physical henna tattoo and feeling like she has assimilated some of Indian culture. 4. Similes are used to compare clinging to the henna lines on her hand to people clinging to the sides of

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    The document summarizes key elements in the poem including: 1. The repetition of getting henna tattoos emphasizes the poet's feeling of alienation in India as well as giving the poem a simple, chorus-like structure. 2. Vivid imagery is used to create a sense of wonder and delight, such as descriptions of colors floating in balloons and personified shop window dummies. 3. There is ambiguity in one line where getting brown veins could reference both the physical henna tattoo and feeling like she has assimilated some of Indian culture. 4. Similes are used to compare clinging to the henna lines on her hand to people clinging to the sides of

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    The document summarizes key elements in the poem including: 1. The repetition of getting henna tattoos emphasizes the poet's feeling of alienation in India as well as giving the poem a simple, chorus-like structure. 2. Vivid imagery is used to create a sense of wonder and delight, such as descriptions of colors floating in balloons and personified shop window dummies. 3. There is ambiguity in one line where getting brown veins could reference both the physical henna tattoo and feeling like she has assimilated some of Indian culture. 4. Similes are used to compare clinging to the henna lines on her hand to people clinging to the sides of

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    An Unknown Girl Techniques

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    Rohana Fernando
    The document summarizes key elements in the poem including: 1. The repetition of getting henna tattoos emphasizes the poet's feeling of alienation in India as well as giving the poem a simple, chorus-like structure. 2. Vivid imagery is used to create a sense of wonder and delight, such as descriptions of colors floating in balloons and personified shop window dummies. 3. There is ambiguity in one line where getting brown veins could reference both the physical henna tattoo and feeling like she has assimilated some of Indian culture. 4. Similes are used to compare clinging to the henna lines on her hand to people clinging to the sides of

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    repetition of hennaing my hand – emphasises the alienation, also gives the poem a chorus-like simplicity

    Eg.
    In the evening bazaar
    for a few rupees
    an unknown girl
    is hennaing my hand

    2. vivid imagery –

    Eg.

    Colours leave the street


    float up in balloons.
    Dummies in shop-fronts
    tilt and stare
    with their Western perms

    Also

    “a peacock spreads its lines


    across my palm.”

    Alzi uses these images to create a sense of wonder and delight. The dummies show irony – why are they
    not Indian? Dummies are also personified here.

    3. Ambiguity:

    Eg.

    I have new brown veins.

    this is an important line – dual meaning

    a metaphor for the tattoo she has just received but also feels as if she has assimilated some of the
    culture of India – it is now ‘running through her veins’

    4. simile
    Eg.
    I am clinging
    to these firm peacock lines
    like people who cling
    to the sides of a train.

    she wants to hold on to these memories (tattoos are compared to people clinging on to the train).
    Also “reveal soft as a snail trail”
    5. Personification:
    Eg.
    Now the furious streets
    are hushed.
    the streets were harsh and angry – note how the tone changes – becomes quiet with night – clever
    juxtaposition using personification .

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