Half caste. Half-Caste This fantastic poem is mainly about how John Agard feels about people using the phrase half caste.

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Heiman A.                                                                                                                                     09.10.2008

Half-Caste

This fantastic poem is mainly about how John Agard feels about people using the phrase “half caste”. The poet uses several clever examples to show the way he feels, like “yu mean when Picasso mix red and green” and “well in dat case England weather nearly always half caste”

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John Agard obviously feels strongly about this because he is sick and tired of people using that word to de grade people and also of the way he questions about the phrase “half caste” . He also makes us think about what it must be like to be a half caste in a culture like ours today. There are two means by which the poet helps to create a shape or structure in this poem. Most obviously he uses the term half caste to make the poem appear to be like a speck, saying to everyone that the term half ...

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