Question: What do you think was Agard's purpose in writing this poem? What might he have been trying to communicate? Using the list of Literary Devices here, identify at least two devices used in the poem and discuss how the use of those devices contributes to Agard's purpose. What might Agard mean by "colonization/in reverse" at the end of the poem? Use evidence from the poem to defend your answer. Remember that there is no true right or wrong answer here. We don't know Agard personally so we can't ask him what he meant. The way we read the poem is the result of our unique point of view.