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