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    The poem ‘The Gift‘ written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was published in ‘Black Candle. Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh’ in 1991. It expresses the feelings and attitudes of an Asian girl while her marriage.

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    The poem ‘The Gift‘ written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was published in ‘Black Candle. Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh’ in 1991. It expresses the feelings and attitudes of an Asian girl while her marriage.

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    The poem The Gift written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was published in Black

    Candle. Poems about Women from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh in 1991. It
    expresses the feelings and attitudes of an Asian girl while her marriage.
    By saying that a good women is a lamp brightening her mothers name [ll.12f]
    the speaker tries to show how important the honour of her own family is for her
    mother. The shining in line 15 underlines the importance of a colourful and bright
    wedding. In contrast to this colourful appearance the speaker describes the
    grooms dress as starched with the color of bone [ll.18f] to show how different
    the bridal pair is. The women hasnt even seen the mans face in real-life. The
    following sentence says that a good women has to be silent and serving. In the
    next paragraph it says that the pearls arent comfortable but the girl stands it
    without complaining. By mentioning the wet cheekbone [l.25] and the yellow
    and purple blotches [l. 28] under the eye the speaker suggest that domestic
    violence as a slap in a face is normal in an Indian relationship. Thick incense
    [ll.32f] isnt connected to a happy and lively party. It represents the sad mood of
    the young girl. Walking behind her husband in the ceremony points out the role of
    the women in the marriage: she has to pursue and follow her husband who will
    always decide where to walk and what to do. The sentence A good women
    leaves her husbands home only for the cremation grounds [ll.38f] again points
    out the role of the women in this marriage. Its not their house but the husbands
    house. The women should not leave the house until she is dead. By saying that
    they are knocking on the door in the next sentence the reader gets an
    understanding of an Indian wedding. The wedding is visited by the whole
    community which is waiting and interested in the brides appearance and so it is
    metaphorically knocking impatiently on the door. The crushed jasmine [l. 41]
    represents the young girl. A young well smelling flower is destroyed by others for
    no reason. The young girl is also afraid to get destroyed. Again her mood is
    expressed by the nature: this time the birds cry just like she could cry in her
    situation. But at the ending she fulfils the communities expectations and wears
    her jewellery around her throat just like a dog wears his dog leash. She wants her
    mother to be proud of her by showing her how well it looks. But in reality she
    feels burning pain and again she stands it without any complaining.
    This poem shows what is expected from Asian wives in general how a good
    women has to be in the eyes of Asian community: she should be gentle, caring,
    respectful to her husband, and she should serve him. She has to preserve the
    honour of her own family. She has to be quiet and regard her husband as a god
    and she should never leave him. The speaker feels pressured but it is still her
    duty to fulfil these expectations and she is aware of not being able to change the
    situation nor improve it.

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