Anthology 2 Flashcards
What is the main focus of the poem “charge of the light brigade”?
That the people in power had mad a crucial mistake that led to many soldiers to die if not get injured. Besides their mistake, the 600 men kept riding and honour’d their country.
What is the main focus of the poem “bayonet charge”
The poem starts off with a soldier taking on heavy fire and is either running along the trench or is running across a field. The soldier describes how his faith in his country and the ones in power is fading by saying. “The patriotic tear that had brimmed in my eye”
What is the main focus of the poem war photographer?
The poet uses imagery in the first stanza by describing the environment, (a red light room filled with water trays for the photos) the poet then describes his experiences in war.
What is the main focus of the poem: “remains”
The poet uses lots of colloquial language in the poem and says how the looters where “probably armed, Possibly not” and how “one of them legs it up the street. The verb “legs” describes how he has been in that situation so many times that it has become a norm for him.
What is the main focus of the poem war: “poppies”
This poem is written in a mothers perspective as she recalls the time when her son goes to war and all she can do is adjust his tie to make him look presentable. Then we get a flash forward of the mother on armistice day of when all the poppies are being layed out
What is the main focus of the poem war “exposure”
This poem is set in the trenches of winter, during world war one, were many soldiers where set idle in the freezing trenches and it was the silence of the inactivity that scares them. “Worried by silence, sentries whisper, curios, nervous.”
What is a good quote to remember the poem “remains by”
There are two possible quotes, “probably armed, possibly armed” or “one of them legs it up the road”
What is a good quote to remember the poem Exposure
The quote “but nothing happens” is repeated quite a lot along with the quote “is it that we are dying?”
What is a good quote to remember the poem war photographer
“Spools of suffering set out in ordered rows”
What is a good quote to remember the poem the poem bayonet charge from?
“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations”
What is a good quote to remember the poem “charge of the light bregade?”
“Rode the six hundred” could be a good quote as its repeated throughout. Or “honour the charge they made! Honour the light bregade.”
What is a good quote to remember the poem, poppies
I listened, hoping to hear your playground voice catching in the wind.
