Half Caste (poem)

"Half-Caste" is a poem by John Agard that looks at people's ideas and usage of the term "half-caste". The poem is taken from Agard's 2005 collection of the same name, in which he explores a range of issues affecting black and mixed-race identity in the UK. The poem is written in the first-person. Agard uses phonetic spelling throughout the poem, in order to create the voice of the speaker. It was included in the AQA Anthology.,[1] and is currently included in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) English Literature Poetry Anthology.[2]

Notes
  1. AQA Anthology, p. 13.
  2. Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Poetry Anthology, p. 29.
gollark: I'm trying to make all gollarious, but this is hard.
gollark: <@331320482047721472> maybe-tit-for-tat-or-grudger is doing RANDOMNESS. Is this not impure and thus illegal?
gollark: Maybe gollariosity could just look ONE turn into the future.
gollark: Against tit-for-tat, say, it would realize that it got a better score if it coooöoperated.
gollark: The opponent doesn't ALWAYS have that however.

References
  • AQA Anthology
  • Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Poetry Anthology. Pearson Education Limited. 2014. ISBN 9781446913451.


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