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How do the poets in 'Half-Caste' and 'Unrelated Incidents' explore prejudices and social attitudes?
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How do the poets in 'Half-Caste' and 'Unrelated Incidents' explore prejudices and social attitudes? * Languages * Tone * Structure * Rhyme * Images * Poetic techniques The poems 'Half-Caste' by John Agard and 'Unrelated Incidents' by Tom Leonard both explore different prejudices and social attitudes regarding their culture. The poets both use different methods and means to show the reader their thoughts, they use different techniques for different reasons to help convey their message. Both of the poems use mainly non-standard English, which is written phonetically, this is because both of the poets come from areas where there are accents and the poets want to show the readers that they are the same as everyone else, their accent and culture makes no difference. Accent is very important in the poem 'Unrelated Incidents' this is because this is the main prejudice that Tom Leonard is dealing with. He wants his readers to know that...
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