FLAG-John Agard

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Mindmap am FLAG-John Agard, erstellt von Chloe Mukono am 07/07/2016.
Chloe Mukono
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FLAG-John Agard
  1. Tone/Purpose
    1. Flag is growing in dominance
      1. Pessimistic
        1. Protest poem
          1. Soft sounding verbs for questions about flag- harsh, negative tone for explanation/ answer
            1. Simple flow- childlike
              1. Shows how goverment uses flags as propaganda
                1. Harsh
                  1. Firm
                    1. Bitter
                      1. Patriotism provides us with an excuse to accept the barbarism our goverments are carrying out
                      2. Agard is trying to raise awareness of how much a pice of cloth has over our consience
                      3. Language
                        1. Repitition
                          1. ''Just''- drums it into readers mind about how little the importance the flag actually holds
                          2. Verbs indicate where they are
                            1. ''Whats' that''
                              1. Start of 4 stanzas
                              2. "It's just a piece of cloth"
                                1. Agard simplifies it's importance
                                2. "guts"
                                  1. ambiguous
                                    1. alliteration
                                      1. literal
                                        1. figuritive
                                        2. "Possess"
                                          1. We want to own flag but the flag owns us
                                            1. ambiguous
                                            2. Agard personifies flag
                                              1. "Relent"
                                                1. Flag is intimidating towards other countries as it seeks the world for more power and resources
                                              2. Form and Structure
                                                1. Strict structure
                                                  1. Long line, short, long
                                                    1. Like a flag
                                                  2. Rise and fall in internation in last stanza
                                                    1. call and response questioning
                                                      1. Slant rhyme
                                                        1. 1st line in each stanza begins with a question
                                                          1. Engages readers mind, gradually increasing impact to what comes in last stanza
                                                          2. 'aba' structure
                                                            1. Terecet structure~ looks like 3 stripes on a a flag
                                                            2. Mmm I know!
                                                              1. Mood and Method
                                                                1. Belligerent (hostile & aggressive)~childlike tone found in questions followed by a candid reply/ answer
                                                                2. Message and Minutiae
                                                                  1. A flag is a cloak of deciet for immorality and brutality under the guise of patriotism
                                                                    1. "That will outlive the blood you bleed", "That brings a nation to its knees", "Then blind your conscience to the end"
                                                                      1. ~ You are no longer in charge of your conscience; your ordered to fulfil/ complete tasks
                                                                  2. Mind (imagery)
                                                                    1. use of onomatopia creates vivid imagery making flag appear as if it is alive
                                                                      1. "Fluttering in a breeze", "Unfurling from a pole", "rising over a tent", "flying across a field", "possess such a cloth"
                                                                  3. Context and Themes
                                                                    1. John Agard
                                                                      1. born 1949
                                                                        1. Grew up in British Guyana~ conflicting lifesyle
                                                                        2. Progression of war
                                                                          1. Steriotypical elemnts of war
                                                                            1. Allusion of power in flags
                                                                              1. Presented as convo. between child and adult
                                                                                1. Naive questioner
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