"An Unknown Girl" by Moniza Alvi IGCSE Annotated Poem | Pearson Edexcel IGCSE English Revision

[@FirstRateTutors]

Check out our 'Edexcel IGCSE English: Language and Literature Course': www.firstratetutors.com/edexcel-course

[@hannielholness6134]

Hello! I have a question about 1:57.
Why is *"an unknown girl"* in line 3 anaphora? Anaphora is usually repeated at the beginning of a sentence, so shouldn't *"an unknown girl"* in line 3 just be repetition?

[@FirstRateTutors]

Repetition is correct however it's also anaphora or more specifically 'anaphoric reference' because 'an unknown girl' is in the title, then it is consistently repeated in line 3, line 12, line 30, line 47... so you can say this is anaphoric reference / anaphora back to the 'unknown girl.' Hopefully that helps! :-)

[@hannielholness6134]

@@FirstRateTutors Thank you!

[@mrvenom4742]

thank you so much mam for teaching this, it helped me a lot 🙏❤

[@FirstRateTutors]

You're welcome :-) Don't forget to subscribe.

[@Yasas_Amarasinghe]

Thank you very much Ma'am. Great and very descriptive explanation. :)

[@FirstRateTutors]

Most welcome 😊

[@randomreels.telivision]

you helped me a lot in my examination

[@FirstRateTutors]

That's amazing!!! There are more revision videos on the way for IGCSE so don't forget to subscribe to stay looped in :-)

[@killeryt8278]

Thanks

[@tocadijaclips1827]

watched this right before me exams thanks

[@helithkarunanayake7608]

Thanks a LOT!!!

[@FirstRateTutors]

You're welcome! :-)

[@torinbaud9672]

thank you, very helpful

[@hannielholness6134]

Does anyone know the thoughts and feelings of this poem? Thanks.

[@killeryt8278]

1:57

[@chandrasirifernando3473]

I can't agree there is anaphora in the second line as you say. Its just repetition. Also there is no irony in the "unknown girl" since this is what she calls herself and it has nothing to do with her role in the poem.

[@SalmanAhmed-i9q]

Real.

[@ugcnetenglishidrisbashasir5581]

Madam 🙏 you taught very well🙏👍

[@FirstRateTutors]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@shakira-26]

Thns

[@bluecat7861]

Beautiful

[@henri2774]

love this xxx I support you loads xxx are u single

[@chandrasirifernando3473]

Just misleading