Who is the author/poet: The author/poet of this poem is John Agard. He was born on June 21, 1949, and is a playwright, short story and children’s writer. He was born in British Guana, which is now called Guyana.
What is the title: The title of this poem is “reporting from the frontline of the great dictionary disaster”
When was the poem published: The poem was published in 2006.
Genre of the poem: I believe that it is a free verse, since the poem has no rhythm or flow to it
Analysis of the content:
What is the poem about: The poem “reporting from the frontline of the great dictionary disaster” is about the English language and many of the words that have come to be part of the English dictionary. The poem emphasizes that a lot of the words which we consider to be English have a foreign origin. John Agard gives in this poem numerous examples of words in the English dictionary that actually belong to a non-English culture and vocabulary. He describes the day where these words return to where they came from, leaving English to fend for itself.
Does the poem address issues or problems, conflicts or emotions? The issue is we forgot our culture and just become one, instead of embracing each other’s cultures
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