Half caste

Question 1

Message

Answer 1

Agard questions the use of half-caste and further questions the use of language that we don’t know the meaning of

Question 2

Title

Answer 2

Is half caste and subject of his poem. Half caste is a insult

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

• sarcastic tone
• repetition
• use of own dialect
• rhetorical questions

Question 4

Sarcastic tone

Answer 4

’ wid de whole of yu eye’ Because society feels the need to measure everything he uses whole because as a person who is ‘whole’ we should be able to see the truth of the matter

Question 5

use of own dialect

Answer 5

Shows pride in himself and his dialect

Question 6

Language features

Answer 6

• Repetition
• rhetorical questions
• vivid imagery
• metaphors

Question 7

‘explain yuself’

Answer 7

Shows Agards confusion and is repeated several times throughout poem. To make the reader question their use of half caste.imperative

Question 8

vivid imagery

Answer 8

‘sit down at dah piano an mix a black key wid a white key is a half-caste symphony’

• reference to sound
• ## makes reader feel foolish because you dont call a symphony half caste so how can you say the same thing about people?

Question 9

metaphors

Answer 9

reference to art and by extension colour Throughout the poem to help the reader understand his point

‘light an shadow’

Question 10

rhyme scheme

Answer 10

no formal rhyme scheme and held together with phases like ‘explain yuself’ and ‘wha you mean’

Question 11

punctuation

Answer 11

lack of punctuation shows rambling and represents Agards frustration with the term half caste

Question 12

ah rass

Answer 12

use of expletive shows agards anger and fustration