English Literature, comparing poems
I am comparing the poems ‘Flag’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ (CLB) which are both from the conflict cluster. The poem ‘Flag’ is written by John Agard and the poem ‘CLB’ is written by Alfred Tennyson! In the poem ‘Flag’ the poet starts off by using a rhetorical question which settles a vivid image in the reader’s mind, unlike ‘CLB’ which starts off by a repetition of three, in a different point of view this makes the reader think just before the start to read the poem. This makes them think that what does ‘’half a league’’ have to do with the poem title because by looking at the title the reader gets a clue of what the poem may be about.
The poet John Agard starts his poem with a rhetorical question at the beginning of each of the five stanzas. In Alfred’s poem the first two stanzas both have the same command in which is spoken by a person. ‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’ this shows us that the poem is written in second person and we also know this by the lines in the poem which state ’Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them’. ‘Them’ clearly states that this is a narrator’s point of view which is talking about someone else, the word ‘Cannon’ is a harmful weapon which shoots out metallic balls that are used in war (conflict). You can also tell that this is a war scene by ‘Charging an army’ in stanza four; this clearly shows that conflict can be involved by many people from any ages from kids to teens, from adults to seniors including the army. I think that the poet is relating to the situations that occur in everyday life.
In the poem ‘Flag’ John also uses repetition in the second line of the first four stanzas, as he keeps on mocking a flag by calling it an ordinary ‘cloth’. The poem does not rhyme but at the end of the poem the last two lines both end with words that rhyme together which is known as a ‘Rhyming couplet’.
In each stanza of the poem ‘Flag’ the poet includes a rhetorical question about a ‘flag’ and the person who is giving
The poet John Agard starts his poem with a rhetorical question at the beginning of each of the five stanzas. In Alfred’s poem the first two stanzas both have the same command in which is spoken by a person. ‘Forward, the Light Brigade!’ this shows us that the poem is written in second person and we also know this by the lines in the poem which state ’Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them’. ‘Them’ clearly states that this is a narrator’s point of view which is talking about someone else, the word ‘Cannon’ is a harmful weapon which shoots out metallic balls that are used in war (conflict). You can also tell that this is a war scene by ‘Charging an army’ in stanza four; this clearly shows that conflict can be involved by many people from any ages from kids to teens, from adults to seniors including the army. I think that the poet is relating to the situations that occur in everyday life.
In the poem ‘Flag’ John also uses repetition in the second line of the first four stanzas, as he keeps on mocking a flag by calling it an ordinary ‘cloth’. The poem does not rhyme but at the end of the poem the last two lines both end with words that rhyme together which is known as a ‘Rhyming couplet’.
In each stanza of the poem ‘Flag’ the poet includes a rhetorical question about a ‘flag’ and the person who is giving