Theme Of Untitled By Rupi Kaur

Rupi Kaur was born in Punjab, India, to a Sikh family. She immigrated with her parents to Canada at four. Kaur can read and understand Punjabi, but she can’t write it. Punjabi doesn’t have uppercase or lowercase letters. Instead, all letters are treated the same. Kaur uses this idea in her writing. She writes in all lowercase, and this gives a sense of equality. No letter is more important than another. Also, the only punctuation that exists in Gurmukhi script is a period; the only punctuation Kaur uses is a period. Rupi Kaur incorporates parts of her history and heritage in every poem she writes. Also, no periods in “Untitled” allows for more flow and no complete stops. In the sun and her flowers, Kaur leaves many of her poems untitled. This allows the poems to blend together more. It shows that the poems are a collection of her life, not individual ideas. If Kaur had titled this poem, it would a lose a bit of the power. Without a title, the reader just dives into the poem and is left with the power of what Kaur said. For example, “the blood/ mine/ the fourth hour i prayed,” this ending leaves the reader with a powerful image that would be ruined with extra information at the end. The theme in “Untitled” is that recovery is not pretty. “Untitled” is …show more content…
“tossed in spearmint from the garden/ two tablespoons of almond oil/ some milk/ and honey/ a pinch of salt/ rose petals from the neighbor’s lawn.” Using the words “two tablespoons” and “a pinch of salt” makes the reader feel as if its recipe. The breaking up of lines even reads as a recipe; after each ingredient, Kaur starts a new line. Kaur formats this part of the poem as a tool to show other victims what helped her heal. Kaur’s poem is about what she did after she was raped, and it can be used as a way to show other girls how to help themselves. Rupi Kaur believes in helping others, so it would make sense if she incorporated that in her