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John Agard
John Agard
• Born 1949 in British Guyana.
• Wrote for Guyanan newspapers – moved to UK in 1977 to work for the BBC.
• Now a well respected poet living in England.
The story of the poem
• Agard is studying a Flag.
• He explores the purpose of a flag and what it represents.
• He concludes that a flag is something that can make people ‘blind’.
“All’s fair in love and war”
• Is it OK to do something wrong if you are doing it for your country?
• Is patriotism positive or negative according to the poem?
Write your answers down using evidence from the poem to help you
The poem makes us think about…
• Patriotism
• Loyalty
• Awareness of doing bad things
• Doing things you ‘believe’ in
