a rhetorical question with direct address - draws interest. Fluttering can also been seen as butterflies(something positive)
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'It's just a piece of cloth' What does this suggest?
The JUST suggest the piece of cloth is weak.
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'that brings a naition to its knees.' Explain.
an end-stopped line, suggesting people worship the flag (reglious imagery). Patriotism
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What does each Stanza open with?
Each stanza opens with a rhetorical question. There are two different voices: a young naïve questioner and a wise, advisory answerer
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'That will outlive the blood you bleed' Discuss.
Alliteration of 'b' making it sound harsher. Use of 'you' (second person) to involve the reader. The flags immortality and the blood we will bleed for it.
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'How can I possess such a cloth?' What changes when this is said?
The stanza has changed and its a feeling of that it shouldn't or doesnt belong.
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'Just ask for a flag, my friend' Discuss.
This is the first time the word flag is used. This shocks the reader as to what a small piece of cloth can actually do to people and its country.
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'Then blind your conscience to the end.' What does this mean?
That patriotism is dangerous, blinding us to war for nothing.
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Why does Agard use rhyme through this but why does he end with a rhyming cauplet?
To grasp the readers attention and for it to stand out, as if death is smooth like rhyme.
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Why does Agard end the poem with 'the end'?
Shows that unless we take control of our actions we will come to an end/death
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
a rhetorical question with direct address - draws interest. Fluttering can also been seen as butterflies(something positive)
Back
'What's that fluttering in a breeze?' Explain.
Card 3
Front
The JUST suggest the piece of cloth is weak.
Back
Card 4
Front
an end-stopped line, suggesting people worship the flag (reglious imagery). Patriotism
Back
Card 5
Front
Each stanza opens with a rhetorical question. There are two different voices: a young naïve questioner and a wise, advisory answerer
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