Lets take a look at the bibliography of Eunice de Souza,

Eunice de Souza was born and grew up in Pune, in a Goan Catholic family. She studied English literature with an MA from the Marquette University in Wisconsin, and a PhD from theUniversity of Mumbai. She taught English at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, and was Head of the Department until her recent retirement. She was involved in the well known literary festival Ithaka organized at the college.She has also been involved in theater, both as actress and director. She began writing novels with Dangerlok in 2001. She has also written four children's books.

My cousin Elena is to be married The formalities

have been completed: her family history

examined for T.B. and madness

her father declared solvent

her eyes examined for squints

her teeth for cavities her stools for the possible

non-Brahmin worm. She's not quite tall enough and not quite full enough (children will take care of

that) Her complexion it was

decided would compensate, being

just about the right shade

of rightness to do justice to

Francisco X. Noronha Prabhu

good son of Mother Church

SQUINTSeye condition: a condition in which the eyes are not aligned in parallel, causing a cross-eyed appearance.BRAHMINhighest Hindu caste: the first of the four Hindu castes, the members of which are priests and scholars of Vedic literature.COMPENSATEmake amends: to make amends or make up for something.

Francisco X. StorkMajored in English Literature and Philosophy. He studied Latin American Literature at Harvard University. He is a lawyer and a writer of fiction novels. NORONHA PRABHU family from Bolar

What is the poem all about?

The poem is all about a woman getting married. She is accepted by the man who will become her husband, even though she’s not perfect, she has many complications. Though she was accepted.

What is the main idea of the poem?

Marriage. It is a commitment if a man and woman who wants to be one. You should marry the person you love, accept him/her even though she/he is not perfect.

What will you feel if the person you love proposes to you?What is the theme of the poem?

The theme is, everyone has a person meant for them. Imperfection is not a doubt.

My cousin Elena is to be married The formalities

have been completed: her family history

examined for T.B. and madness

her father declared solvent

her eyes examined for squints

her teeth for cavities her stools for the possible

non-Brahmin worm. She's not quite tall enough and not quite full enough (children will take care of

that) Her complexion it was

decided would compensate, being

just about the right shade

of rightness to do justice to

Francisco X. Noronha Prabhu

good son of Mother Church

Can you spot some verbals?

To be married

To do justice