Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra: what it is about, its context, and how Nagra uses language, form and structure.
Key quotations and how to analyse them, and the poems in the cluster it compares well with, with similarities and differences.
How to use the lesson's key quotations in an essay, with a short worked paragraph.
Key quotations: 'I run just one ov my daddy's shops', 'vee share in chapatti', 'Hey Singh, ver yoo bin?', 'she hav a red crew cut / and she wear a Tartan sari', 'How much do yoo charge for dat moon baby?', 'Priceless baby'.
Form: the speaker's Punjabi-English voice, the shoppers' chorus and the dialogue as refrains, and the song-like ending.
Context: Nagra's British Punjabi Sikh identity, young love against family duty, and humour in the poem.
Comparisons with Sonnet 29, Love's Philosophy and The Farmer's Bride.
