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