Singh Song

Singh Song

Meaning
1. Indian man and his love for his wife is the only thing that matters to him
2. he is not really bothered about his shop or what people think of it
3. actually his dads shop that he should be running
Imagery
1. "Worst indian shop on di whole indian road" costumers are saying that it is not a very good shop
  1. not usually of high quality
2. shows that he doesn't really care over the condition of his shop
3. question of racism
4. competition, segregation "Indian road"
  1. trying to detach himself from the regular life
    1. imagine rowing through Putney
Tone
1. sympathetic towards the narrator because he hasn't got the best life
2. frustrated, given up
3. not bothered in what people think about his shop
Structure
1. song feel about it
  1. lyrical quality
2. not organised
3. when running the shop he's not organised neither is the poem
4. "My Bride" has its own line and is repeated to show how important she is to him
form
1. 1st person narrative
2. song
  1. end up singing it
3. his indian version of english
4. forces reader to speak in his tounge
  1. just like he is forced to work
5. cannot just read it normally
Language
1. spoken in his local dialect
2. cultural references "In all di colours of Punjabi"
  1. "Chapatt"
    1. "chutney"
3. Punglish
  1. mix of Punjabi and English
    1. comes across of quite childlike
      1. Immature sometimes
      2. childish romance
Theme
1. love
  1. devotion
2. racism
3. culture
4. rebellion
  1. against customers
  2. against his dad
5. ignorance
6. weakness
  1. questionable

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	Created by Jade Randall over 11 years ago