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Compare the way John Agard, Tom Leonard and one other poet express feelings of anger and injustice. Think about the use of rhythm/rhyme, imagery (metaphor/simile), sounds, presentation, use of dialect and humour.
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Some of the poets in the two clusters show feelings of anger and injustice. Compare the way John Agard, Tom Leonard and one other poet express such feelings. Think about the use of rhythm/rhyme, imagery (metaphor/simile), sounds, presentation, use of dialect and humour. Each of the authors uses different methods to display their anger or annoyance at something. In "What were they like?" which is about the Vietnam War involving the communist north and capitalist south. The poem is written unlike most other poems as if she author was giving an interview with one of the people affected by the war. Each of the questions is about the Vietnamese people's traditions, culture and their livelihood and each one is answered with a bitter answer. The answer to the first question is about how the war turned the Vietnamese people bitter or left them dead and that it left them with no...
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