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A small object with enormous power

A small object with enormous power

In Flag, John Agard asks why an ordinary flag can make people act with loyalty, fear or even violence. The poem repeatedly answers by reducing the flag to “a piece of cloth”, creating a sharp contrast between what it is and what people believe it means.

2.2.12 Flag by John Agard Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.2.12 Flag by John Agard

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.2.12 Flag by John Agard. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.

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