Flag by John Agard
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- Created on: 09-05-13 21:18
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- Flag
- Title
- Shows patriotism
- 'that brings a nation to its knees'
- Shows patriotism
- Repition
- To emphasise that 'It's just a piece of cloth'
- Rhetorical Questions
- What actually is this flag?
- To involve the reader
- First four stanzas challanges the power of the flag
- The use of 'you' makes the poem more personal and involves the reader.
- suggesting they're on their knees for mercy
- Repition
- To emphasise that 'It's just a piece of cloth'
- Rhetorical Questions
- What actually is this flag?
- To involve the reader
- First four stanzas challanges the power of the flag
- The use of 'you' makes the poem more personal and involves the reader.
- 'What's that fluttering in a breeze?'
- a rhetorical question with direct address
- Fluttering can also been seen as butterflies something positive
- 'That will outlive the blood you bleed'
- Use of second person to involve reader
- Alliteration used to emphasise the amount of deaths.
- The bold sound of 'b' shows how alarming this is
- 'How can I possess such a cloth?'
- The pattern of Stanza changes
- Suggesting it doesn't belong
- Alliteration
- 'that makes the guts of men grow bold'
- The repeated gutteral 'G' forces out his argument
- 'that makes the guts of men grow bold'
- Rhyme Scheme
- It remains the same as aba however in the last stanza it changes to abb highlighting the significance of friend/end couplet
- Compares with...
- Next to of course america and i
- Concepts of Patriotism
- At the Border,1979
- Causes of Conflict
- Next to of course america and i
- Title
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