Anthology Flashcards
Sonnet 43
Browning had a lifelong illness.
Wrote the sonnet for her husband.
Lived in the Victorian Era- part of the romantic movement
Ozymandias
To show how leadership is short lived
Romantic poet- talks about idealism but knows it doesn’t exist
Very strong feelings about religion- rebel
Statue of Ramyses II as he was fascinated by his size
Time rebels against statue
Realism doesn’t exist
She walks in Beauty
Lyrical- written to be put to music
Believed the heart was more powerful than the mind
Logic and reason are lesser than emotion
Believes and understands personal emotion and he believes in the power of nature
Was at a party and was captivated by the lady
Living space
Slums of Mumbai
LINK WITH POEM: she’s a Muslim Calvinist (Muslim Protestant) the two oppose each other… like the hope opposing the slums- irreconcilable
World of fear and fundamentalisms
Mametz wood
Necessity of never forgetting- 3 regular line stanzas
The killings were unnecessary
Silence of the dead
He is passionate about landscapes and how people have lived amongst those landscapes
Visited the site of a WW1 battlefield on the Somme
4000 men from the 38th welsh division died
Uphill, open ground, machine gun fire, fought at close quarters in the woods, strips of barbed wire were still rising to the surface
Excerpt from the Prelude
Non rhyming iambic pentameter- blank verse
His mother died when he was only 8, his father wasn’t always around
Two of his children died and then another child years later, he was devestated
Died of a lung illness- link to the childhood
CONTINUED WORKING ON IT DURING HIS LIFETIME- shows the spiritual growth of the poet
Nostalgic feel
As imperceptibly as Grief
Grief doesn’t stop whilst hope is always present Left her home Few visitors Lived almost in complete isolation Death was her constant companion Lived very near a graveyard Experienced loss from a very early age Grief was thus familiar to her
Cozy Apologia
Affectionate tribute to Fred
The domestic life of writers
Set against the arrival of Hurricane Floyd- hit east coast of USA
Autobiographical
Valentine
Free verse- unconventional approach to love
TO SHOW- being possessive can have undesirable consequences
Wrote poetry from an early age
First published at 15- Defies the norm like the poem
Her poems are very controversial
From point of view of Disturbed character
Tackles difficult topics to make the reader think
Her poetry is often feminist in its themes and approach
A wife in London
Tragedy and Irony show the hope and hopelessness, life is difficult and unfair
Portrays rural life just before the Industrial Revolution
Central characters are shown as working class who struggle for love and and survival against fate and circumstances
Inequalities and hypocrisy of Victorian Society and how it’s constraints lead to unhappiness
Two Boer Wars- British were v cruel
Manhunt
Unrhymed couplets
Real understanding of social issues
Takes time to reconnect- hesitation and nervous at first until they feel more comfortable
Psychological and physical damages of war
Written for ‘the not dead’ documentary- to remember those suffering with PTSD etc
London
Rejected established religion due to the hypocrisy of the way children were treated by having to work
Illuminate the challenges and sufferings of real life
Wants British to do same as French Revolution
Living conditions need change
The Soldier
Dedicated to his country Neo-romantic poet Became a soldier in WW1 Died due to infected Mosquito bite- IRONIC Optimistic perspective towards war Patriotic and positive Propaganda Upbeat atmosphere at the beginning of war
Death of a Naturalist
Ethical depth
Described as regional poet
Enables us to see that our lives are always undergoing changes
Hawk Roosting
Studied Archaeology and Anthropology
Themes of countryside, human history and mythology influenced his imagination
Wanted to ‘show nature thinking’
Bird sees itself as a political leader who seized power from the forces that made it
Hawk rejects the political process of putting forward ideas to the public
