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Quote #4
it ties the other tongue in knots,
the bud opens, the bud opens in my mouth,
it pushes the other tongue aside. (33-35)
These lines suggest that the foreign language will lose out to the native one; it can never replace the "mother tongue" totally. They also suggest that the native and the foreign language are always going to be in conflict. They can't share the same space. Do you think that's an accurate way to describe people who speak two languages?