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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of love & relationships AND describe how ‘love can be made up of lots of emotions’

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  • Sonnet 43
  • Valentine
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of love & relationships AND look at the‘ordinariness of relationships’

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  • Cozy Apologia
  • Afternoons
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of faith & worship AND talks about how ‘faith can be used to explore other emotions’

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  • Sonnet 43
  • Living Space
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of faith & worship AND talks about how ‘worship isn’t restricted to religion’

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  • The soldier
  • She walks in beauty
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of passage of time AND talks about how ‘time passing can have a negative effect’

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  • Afternoons
  • Ozymandias
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme of passage of time AND talks about how ‘time often has a cyclical nature’

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  • As imperceptibly as grief
  • To autumn
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme change & transformation AND talks about how ‘change is unpredictable & uncontrollable’

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  • As imperceptibly as grief
  • Afternoons
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme change & transformation AND talks about how ‘people’s views can transform as they grow’

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  • Death of a naturalist
  • Excerpt from ‘The prelude’
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme pain & suffering AND talks about how ‘suffering can be a collective or individual experience’

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  • London
  • A wife in London
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme pain & suffering AND talks about how ‘people can suffer physically & emotionally’

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  • Dulce et decorum est
  • The manhunt
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme death & loss AND talks about how ‘death & loss can cause pain’

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  • A wife in London
  • Mametz wood
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme death & loss AND talks about how ‘death can be comforting’

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  • The soldier
  • As imperceptibly as grief
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme effects of war AND talks about how ‘it can be seen through a group of soldiers’

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  • Dulce et Decorum est
  • Mametz wood
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme effects of war AND talks about how ‘it can be seen through an individual’

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  • The manhunt
  • A wife in London
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme negative emotions AND talks about ‘excessive pride’

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  • Hawk roosting
  • Ozymandias
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme negative emotions AND talks about ‘anger towards society’

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  • London
  • Dulce et decorum est
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme nature AND talks about ‘the praise of nature’

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  • To autumn
  • Excerpt from the ‘prelude’
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme nature AND talks about ‘the violent side to nature’

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  • Hawk roosting
  • Death of a naturalist
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme sense of place AND talks about how ‘urban places can inspire hope or leave people feeling hopeless’

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  • Living space
  • London
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Name 2 poems that come under the theme sense of place AND talks about how ‘natural settings are viewed as homely & familiar’

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  • The soldier
  • Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’
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What is the context of the manhunt?

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  • Wife of a soldier gets to know her husband again after he returns home injured from Bosnian war
  • Husband has physical scars
  • He also has psychological scars as a result of the traumatic experiences
    —> Poem goes from talking abt physical scars to mental scars
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Describe the form of the manhunt?

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FORM: couplet long stanzas have lines of varying lengths
—> Makes poem feel disjointed - reflects theme of brokenness

Enjambment - gives poem sense of movement , speaker has desire to keep making progress - even if it’s slow

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Describe the structure of the manhunt?

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Different injuries are introduced in different couplets - while moving down soldiers body
—> Allows reader to explore his body & mind in the same slow process as his wife

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Describe the language of the manhunt?

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Soldiers body presented using adjectives that describe damage - paired w/ metaphors to suggest his body became a collection of broken objects.
—> Damage has taken away some of his humanity or perhaps it could be a way for his wife to understand the pain in his injuries

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Give some quotes that are from the manhunt

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  • Repetition: ‘Only then he would let me’
  • Imagery: ‘damaged, porcelain collar-bone’ & ‘fractured rudder of shoulder-blade’
  • Enjambment: ‘which (next line) every..’
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Who wrote the manhunt?

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Simon Armitage

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What is the context of sonnet 43?

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  • Elizabeth write this poem as a part of a series of sonnets published in 1800’s
  • Elizabeth wrote this for Robert Browning (her future husband) she eloped with him
  • She was deeply religious
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Describe the form of sonnet 43?

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FORM: She follows tradition - Petrarchan sonnet
—> Specific rhyme scheme
—> Iambic pentameter
—> First person = personal feel

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Describe the structure of sonnet 43?

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Made up of a series of different ways of defining the speakers love
—> Octave introduces poems main theme
—> Sestet develops the theme by showing she loves him w/ emotions of an entire lifetime

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What is an octave?

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First eight lines

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What is a sestet?

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Last 6 lines

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Describe the language of sonnet 43?

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EXAGGERATED LANGUAGE: Hyperbole to show strength of speakers feelings
—> She uses exaggeration to try put her feelings into words

RELIGIOUS LANGUAGE: Love is like a religion to her - touches all aspects of her life , gives meaning to her

REPETITION: Anaphora - emphasises strength of her feelings
—> She has to repeat the same words to express the depth of her love - all words can’t convey the intensity of her emotions

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What is anaphora?

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Using same words repeatedly at the start of consecutive lines

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Give some quotes that are from sonnet 43

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  • Religious language: ‘better after death’ , ‘with my lost saints’
  • Anaphora: ‘I love thee’
  • Hyperbole: ‘depth and breadth and height’
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Who wrote sonnet 43?

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Elizabeth Browning

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What is the context of London?

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  • Blake had radical social & political views for the time - believed in social & racial equality
  • He questioned the church teachings
  • 1700s
  • He is describing a walk around London
    —> Misery & despair is relentless
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Describe the form of London?

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  • Dramatic monologue - he speaks passionately & personally abt suffering
  • ABAB rhyme scheme seems unbroken
    —> Echo’s relentless misery of the city
  • Regular rhythm - sound of his feet as he trudges around
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Describe the structure of London?

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Imagery: relentless images of deprived people
—> First 2 stanzas focus on ppl he sees & hears
—> SHIFT in stanza 3 to institutions he holds responsible

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Describe the language of London?

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RHETORIC: Uses rhetorical language to persuade the reader of his POV
—> Powerful emotive words & images to reinforce the horrible situation

SENSORY LANGUAGE: Sights & sounds of the city

OXYMORON: Shows how everything is affected - nothing pure or innocent remains

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Give some quotes that are from London

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  • Rhetoric: ‘How the chimney-sweeper’s cry’
  • Sensory language: ‘infant’s cry of fear’, ‘I hear’
  • Oxymorons: ‘Marriage hearse’ , ‘youthful Harlot’s’
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Who wrote London?

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William Blake

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What is the context of the soldier?

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  • Brooke wrote this the year WW1 broke out
  • He died serving in the royal navy in 1915
  • Brooke talks about dying in a foreign country during war
  • Describes England as a mother who gave birth to him
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What is the form of the soldier?

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  • Sonnet - traditionally for love poetry
    —> Traditionally written about a person - but in this poem his love is for England
  • First stanza - His voice is confident
  • Second stanza - Voice is reflective
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What is the structure of the soldier?

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  • Traditionally octave presents one idea & sestet represents another
    —> Brooke followed the convention
  • Octave - speaker shows how England has enriched his life
    Sestet - He considers how, after his death, he will return the ‘gifts’ given to him by this country
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What is the language of the soldier?

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  • Personification - extended metaphor of England as a mother
    —> He feels country has shaped him as a person
    —> Mothers are associated w/ comfort - may explain why thinking abt his country during a time of distress is reassuring
  • Natural imagery: Idyllic nature & landscape
    —> Love for English countryside
  • Religious imagery: Speaker seems to be religious
    —> Thought of ‘heaven’ gives him comfort
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Give some quotes that are from the soldier

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  • Personification: ‘England bore, shaped, made aware’
  • Natural imagery: ‘air’, ‘rivers’
  • Religious imagery: ‘eternal mind’ , ‘blest’, ‘English heaven’
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Who wrote the soldier?

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Rupert Brooke

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What is the context of she walks in beauty?

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  • Byron was notorious for having wild love affairs w/ men & women
  • Poetry was considered erotic & scandalous - romantic poet
  • He describes a woman he’s seeing - taking body parts in turn
    —> Her appearance reflects her personality
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What is the form of she walks in beauty?

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  • Regular ABABAB rhyme scheme
    —> Reflects the enduring nature of the woman’s nature - she is a balance of different qualities
  • Iambic tetrameter + LOTS of enjambment - he is overwhelmed by the woman’s beauty
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What is the structure of she walks in beauty?

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  • 3 stanzas of equal length
  • As the poem progresses - it focuses less on her physical appearance & more on her inner beauty
    —> Narrator may think her personality is most beautiful
    —> His evidence that she is a moral person = beauty
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What is the language of she walks in beauty?

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  • CONTRASTS: Shows how the woman is a balance of opposites - dark & light
    —> Uses Antithesis
  • Imagery: Imagery of light & dark
    —> Purity of night sky = innocent personality
  • Language abt body: Breaks the woman down into individual body parts
    —> Shows how much he admires her & sees beauty in all parts of her
    —> He believes that beauty is a reflection of her morally good character
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Give some quotes that are from she walks in beauty

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  • Antithesis - ‘one shade’ or ‘one ray’ to reduce her beauty
  • Imagery - ‘tender light’, ‘cloudless climes’
  • Language abt body - ‘cheek’ , ‘brow’
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Who wrote she walks in beauty?

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Lord Byron

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What is the context of Living Space?

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  • Dharker was born in Pakistan - grew up in Scotland
  • Describes the slums of Mumbai (6.5 million live)
  • Lacks basic necessities & are extremely poor
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What is the form of Living Space?

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  • Irregular form - stanzas of different lengths
    —> Mirrors sense of chaos & irregularity in the building the speaker describes
  • Lack of regular rhyme & rhythm & enjambment
    —> Emphasizes disorder of the slums
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What is the structure of Living Space?

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  • Has 3 stanzas
  • 2 Parts
    —> First stanza - description of an unstable building
    —> 2/3 stanzas - mood shifts slightly, hints optimism for the future
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What is the language of Living Space?

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  • Language of disorder: chaos is shown through words which suggest instability
  • Symbolism: ‘eggs’ symbolise faith
    —> Courage & trust
    —> Eggs = new life. Inhabitants have faith that the future will be better
  • Light & dark: Dangerous nature of living conditions - white & dark
    —> White = innocence
    —> Eggs nor inhabitants are to blame for the precarious situation they find themselves in
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Give some quotes that are from Living Space

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  • Language of disorder: ‘clutch’ - emphasizes danger of the structure but also makes it seem alive
  • Symbolism: ‘eggs’ , ‘fragile’
  • Light & dark: ‘white eggs’ stand out from ‘dark edge’ - dangerous living conditions
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Who wrote Living Space?

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Imatiaz Dharker

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What is the context of As imperceptibly as grief?

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  • Compares transience to grief
  • Dickinson had a ‘normal’ childhood but became shy & recluse -like
    —> She rarely left her bedroom
  • She had a lot of experience w/ sickness & death with those close to her
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What is the form of As imperceptibly as grief?

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  • Read as a sad elegy
  • Rhythm mirrors pattern of everyday speech - narrators honest thoughts
  • Uses long dashes instead of conventional punctuation
    —> Enhances the poem’s slow, reflective mood
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What is the structure of As imperceptibly as grief?

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  • Series of natural metaphors
    —> Grief fades away gradually
  • Single stanza adds to gradual change
    —> No stanza breaks
  • Speakers tone becomes more decisive after line 13 - may reflect how she comes to terms w/ the fact that grief ends
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What is the language of As imperceptibly as grief?

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  • Semantic field of time: changing of seasons is associated w/ different stages of grief
    —> Association remains throughout poem - reflects slow, almost unnoticeable, way that time eases speaker’s grief
  • Light imagery: reminder that the natural cycle of day & night will continue forever
    —> inevitability that could be applied to other cycles - perhaps also to grief & acceptance
  • Contradictory images: Grief is not entirely unpleasant & that its end involves contradictory emotions
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Give some quotes that are from As imperceptibly as grief

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  • Semantic field of time: ‘lapsed’ , ‘twilight’ , ‘dusk’
  • Light imagery: ‘twilight’ , ‘dusk’
  • Contradictory images: ‘harrowing Grace’
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Who wrote As imperceptibly as grief?

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Emily Dickinson

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What is the context of Cozy Apologia?

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  • Autobiographical poem addressed to her husband
  • Comfort depicted against the backdrop of a looming hurricane
  • She has an interracial marriage - experienced discrimination
  • African American
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What is the form of Cozy Apologia?

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  • Written in free verse
    —> Sounds conversational
  • Number of syllables in each line varies - reflects the speaker’s train of thought
  • First stanza uses regular rhyming couplets
  • Rhyme scheme in second stanza is disrupted - reflects disorder brought by the rhyme scheme
  • New ABAB rhyme scheme is established in the last 4 lines
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What is the structure of Cozy Apologia?

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  • Poem begins w/ personal description of the speaker’s feelings for her partner
  • Moves onto other topics but ends by describing their ordinary relationship
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What is the language of Cozy Apologia?

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  • Humour: Speaker uses this to prevent the poem becoming too sentimental
    —> Takes exaggerated images of love & pokes fun at them
    —> Doesn’t take herself or husband too seriously
  • Everyday images of love: Links partner to domestic objects - relationship is ordinary
  • Colloquial language: Colloquial phrases = personal
    —> Stops it from being too serious - contributes to humour
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Give some quotes that are from Cozy Apologia?

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  • Humour: ‘Oddly male: Big Bad Floyd’
  • Everyday images of love: ‘Twin desks, computers, hardwood floors’
  • Colloquial language: ‘melancholy’ and ‘blues’
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Who wrote Cozy Apologia?

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Rita Dove

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What is the context of Valentine?

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  • Author criticizes the society for being materialistic
  • Speaker is giving a gift to their partner
  • Challenges traditional romantic conventions
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What is the form of Valentine?

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  • Different to traditional love poems
    —> Irregular lengths - makes poem seem disjointed
  • Some lines are ***. - forceful tone of speaker
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What is the structure of Valentine?

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  • Poem is a list of the ways the onion shows love
    —> Word ideas are build up & repeated throughout the poem - could mirror the different layers of an onion
  • Tone is initially quite playful
    —> But speakers repeated insistence (of the partner accepting the gift) can be read as encouraging or confrontational
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What is the language of Valentine?

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  • Extended metaphor: Extended metaphor of onion = represents love
    —> Speaker sees onion as an honest symbol - symbolises joy & intimacy but also pain of love
    —> Unusual metaphor - contrasts the stereotypical romantic symbols (like ‘cute cards’ or ‘kissograms’)
  • Direct address: Written in first person & addresses an unknown partner
  • Dangerous language: Unusual amount of negative language for a love poem
    —> possessive relationship, may be dangerous
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Give some quotes that are from Valentine?

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  • Extended metaphor: ‘cute cards’ or ‘kissograms’ , ‘onion’, ‘brown paper’
  • Direct address: ‘Take it’ , ‘you’
  • Dangerous language: ‘Lethal’ , ‘knife’
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Who wrote Valentine?

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Carol Duffy

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What is the context of A wife in London?

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  • 1899 Boer war in South Africa
  • Hardy was anti-war
  • London was covered in thick fog during those times
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What is the form of A wife in London?

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  • Speaker of poem is an observer
  • Detached tone- reflects the wife’s grief as an inevitable fact of war
  • Irregular rhythm & dashes create pauses - forces reader to focus on tragedy
  • Asymmetrical rhyme scheme is broken only once - in the second stanza
    —> Reflects wife’s struggles to take in the news
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What is the structure of A wife in London?

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  • Two parts (each w/ its own title)
    —> Titles create anticipation & factual descriptions add to speakers tone
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What is the language in A wife in London?

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  • IMAGERY: detailed visual image of fog foreshadows wife’s sorrow. Images of light can represent how the husband’s life has ended too soon - or perhaps the sadness caused by his death
  • IRONY: Title of second paragraph sets up expectation of irony. Irony is created in final stanza when husband’s hopes & youthful energy is juxtaposed w/ wife’s grief
    —> Young man’s potential & future have been cut short
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Give some quotes that are from A wife in London?

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  • Imagery: street lamp is ‘cold’, candle is ‘waning’, fog ‘hangs thicker’ when the news has been delivered
  • Irony: ‘hoped return’, ‘new love’
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Who wrote A wife in London?

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Thomas Hardy

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What is the context of Death of a Naturalist?

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  • He spent a lot of time in nature
  • Brother passes away in a car accident (aged 4)
  • Car accident explores the loss of innocence in poetry
  • He remembers how he used to collect frogspawn
    —> Shift in his perception of nature highlights the way that people’s views change as they grow up
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What is the form of Death of a Naturalist?

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  • Poem has a first person narrator who is reflecting on their childhood
  • Written in blank verse - makes poem sound conversational
  • Lack of rhyme scheme may suggest that change is not always predictable
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What is the structure of Death of a Naturalist?

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  • Poem has 2 stanzas
  • 1st Stanza: Childish enthusiasm makes their relationship w/ nature seem secure (hints of decay)
  • 2nd Stanza: Relationship becomes more troubled - nature is presented as unfamiliar & threatening
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What is the language of Death of a Naturalist?

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  • Sensory language: Lets reader become immersed in poem & focuses on poem’s setting
    —> Sibilance emphasises the sound of nature ‘sound’, ‘smell’
  • Semantic field of war: Creates a threatening atmosphere
    —> Narrator’s innocence has been lost - nature is seen as dark & potentially harmful
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Give some quotes that are from Death of a Naturalist?

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  • Sensory language: ‘gargled delicately’ , ‘slobber’ ,’sound’, ‘smell’
    *Semantic field of war: ‘threats’, ‘invaded’
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Who wrote Death of a Naturalist?

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Seamus Heaney

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What is the context of Hawk Roosting?

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  • Hughes uses animals as metaphors for his own visions of life - emphasizes the destructive forces & energy in nature
  • A hawk boasting about its power
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What is the form of Hawk Roosting?

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  • Dramatic monologue
    —> Traditionally dramatic monologue addresses a silent audience - could be mankind
  • First person voice - gives hawk authority
    —> Use of end-stopping gives several lines a decisive feel
    —> Reflects hawks complete control
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What is the structure of Hawk Roosting?

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  • Poem begins w/ hawk in an almost meditative state
    —> Hawk then talks abt god & nature & how it has superiority over both
  • Monologue ends w/ confident statement abt future
    —> Emphasizes hawks sense of power & control
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What is the language of Hawk Roosting?

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  • VIOLENT IMAGERY: Powerful images of violence & death
    —> How quickly the hawk kills - almost as if it enjoys killing
    —> Rejects subtlety & deception in favour of violent tactics
  • POWERFUL LANGUAGE: First person pronouns appear in each stanza
    —> Formal language & political language emphasises how the hawk is articulate - highlights power
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Give some quotes that are from Hawk Roosting?

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  • Violent imagery: ‘Bones of the living’ , ‘manners are tearing off heads’
  • Powerful language: ‘sophistry’ , ‘my right’, ‘I’, ‘I began’
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Who wrote Hawk Roosting?

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Ted Hughes

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What is the context of To autumn?

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  • Keats was a romantic poet
  • He was dying of TB & was aware his time was almost up
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What is the form of To autumn?

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  • An ode
  • Written in iambic pentameter
    —> Rhyme scheme changes slightly
  • Ode’s usually have 10 lines but this has 11 - reinforces plentiful nature of autumn
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What is the structure of To autumn?

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  • In each stanza, he introduces an aspect of autumn in the first line
  • Poem’s structure can be seen showing transience
    —> Links morning w/ early autumn & sleepy mood for mid autumn, afternoon hints approach of winter
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What is the language of To autumn?

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  • PERSONIFICATION: Keats personifies autumn in the second stanza - shows its hardworking but also takes breaks & relaxes
    —> Autumn also ages (same way a human does)
    —> Seems to be mourned in the final stanza
  • SENSORY LANGUAGE: Each stanza appeals to a different sense
    —> Reflects the abundance of autumn - present all around
  • LANGUAGE OF EXCESS: Language associated with abundance - autumn can provide a bountiful harvest
    —> Hints that it might be slightly too much - excess could foreshadow the start of death
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Give some quotes that are from To autumn?

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  • Language of excess: ‘plump’ , ‘swell’
  • Personification: ‘think not of them’
  • Sensory language: ‘bleat’ - shows how natural world is still rich w/ life
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Was is an ode?

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A serious poem that is usually written in praise of a person or thing

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Who wrote To autumn?

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John Keats

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What is the context of Afternoons?

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  • He reflects on young mothers & marriage - explores loss of identity
  • Poem was published in 1960’s - could show how women were stereotypically seen as housewives
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What is the form of Afternoons?

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  • 3 equal stanzas
  • No regular metre - makes poem feel stilted, lack of excitement in mothers lives
  • Poem is narrated in 3rd person but tone is unclear
    —> Speaker could be belittling women or pitying them
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What is the structure of Afternoons?

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Speaker establishes setting then women’s lives
—> Examines past identities to what they are now
—> Final stanza returns to the present & implies nothing will change - no hope

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What is the language of Afternoons?

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  • GENERALISATIONS: Speaker uses specific objects to make sweeping statements abt working class women
  • DOMESTIC IMAGERY: Reinforce gender roles of era - cause women’s repetitive existences
    —> Marriages have lost spark over time & settled into something ordinary
  • NATURAL IMAGERY: Nature is used to mirror change in peoples lives
    —> Arrival of autumn suggests a new phase has started
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Give some quotes that are from Afternoons?

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  • Generalisations: ‘wedding albums’
  • Domestic imagery: ‘estateful of washing’
  • Natural imagery: ‘courting-places’ - wind ruining it shows nature is actively working against them
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Who wrote Afternoons?

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Phillip Larkin

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What is the context of Dulce et Decorum Est?

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  • Owen fought in WW1 for the British - suffered shell shock
  • Killed in action - 1 week before Armistice
    —> Exposes reality of war/ glorification of war
  • Poem describes suffering of exhausted soldiers marching away from battle
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What is the form of Dulce et Decorum Est?

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  • Poem uses alternate rhymes - reflect relentlessness of the soldiers suffering
  • Enjambment & caesura create a disjointed rhythm
  • Irregular stanza length & metre adds to the sense pf uncertainty
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What is the structure of Dulce et Decorum Est?

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  • Tone is serious at the start, narrator paints a picture of his memories & how he is still affected
  • Poem becomes an appeal aimed at the reader - narrator adopts an ironic tone to put his opinion across
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What is the language of Dulce et Decorum Est?

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  • REALISTIC IMAGES OF WAR: Poem opens w/ reality faced by soldiers at war
    —> Shows how war effected the soldiers
  • GRAPHIC IMAGERY: Narrator’s descriptions become more graphic - especially in the final stanza
    —> Shocks reader & tries to remove glorification of war by demonstrating how it really is
  • SENSORY LANGUAGE: Uses sounds to emphasise the horror of war
    —> Contrasted ironically w/ first stanza
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Give some quotes that are from Dulce et Decorum Est?

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  • Realistic images of war: ‘blood-shod’ , ‘knock-kneed’
  • Graphic imagery: ‘froth-corrupted lungs’ , ‘devil’s sick of sin’
  • Sensory language: ‘gargling’ , ‘watch the white eyes’ - alliteration draws attention to the suffering he faced
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Who wrote Dulce et Decorum Est?

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Wilfred Owen

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What is the context of Ozymandias?

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  • Romantic poet
  • Based on damaged statue of the Egyptian pharaoh, Ramesses 2nd
    —> He was a cruel leader
  • Explores fate of history & nature being more powerful than anything else
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What is the form of Ozymandias?

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  • Petrarchan sonnet form w/volta at line 9
  • Doesn’t follow regular sonnet rhyme scheme
    —> Maybe reflects the way that human power & structures can be destroyed
  • Iambic pentameter - often disrupted
    —> Story is a second hand account - distances the reader from the dead king
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What is the structure of Ozymandias?

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  • Builds up an image of statue by focussing on different parts of it
  • Ends by describing enormous desert - sums up statues insignificance
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What is the language of Ozymandias?

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  • IRONY: Nothing left to show for the ruler’s arrogant boasting
    —> Ruined statue can be seen as a symbol for temporary nature of political power
    —> Use of irony reflects his hatred for oppression & belief it is possible to overturn social/political order
  • LANGAUGE OF POWER: Focuses on human power - but it has been lost to nature
    —> Nature & time has more power than anything else
  • AGGRESSIVE LANGUAGE: Tyranny of the ruler is suggested through this
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Give some quotes that are from Ozymandias?

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  • Irony: ‘shattered visage’
  • Language of power: ‘lifeless’ , ‘survive’
  • Aggressive language: ‘kings of kings’ , ‘ye mighty’
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Who wrote Ozymandias?

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Percy Shelley

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What is the context of Mametz wood?

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  • Soldiers at Mametz wood were part of the new army volunteers
  • It is an elegy
  • He fought in WW1 in France
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What is the form of Mametz wood?

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  • Poem is written in tercets
  • 3rd person - sense of distance & detachment
  • Enjambment & long sentences = reflective tone
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What is the structure of Mametz wood?

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  • Poem moves forward chronologically
    —> Last stanza poet finds a mass grave
  • Thoughtful tone & slow pace doesn’t change
    —> Emphasises lasting effects of war & time it takes for the earth to heal
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What is the language of Mametz wood?

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  • PERSONIFICATION: Earth is personified as someone who needs healing & someone guarding the soldiers memory
  • IMAGES OF BROKENNESS: narrator details injured body parts in a list & described damage to the skeletons
    —> Shows how war can dehumanise people
  • CONTRASTING IMAGES: Narrator often contrasts violent images of war w/ human fragility
    —> Reminds reader of soldiers humanity & horrifying conditions they faced
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Give some quotes that are from Mametz wood?

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  • Personification: ‘back into itself’ , ‘earth stands sentinel’
  • Images of brokenness: ‘china plate’
  • Contrasting images: ‘nesting machine guns’ , ‘broken birds egg of a skull’
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Who wrote Mametz wood?

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Owen Sheers

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What is the context of Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’?

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  • Part of a very long poem
  • His early life was a ‘prelude’ to the man he became
  • Published after his death
  • Describes him ice skating with his friends - nostalgic
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What is the form of Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’?

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  • First person narrative
    —> Looking back on his own memories
    —> Almost seems idyllic
  • Blank verse & enjambment creates a regular rhythm - makes it sound like natural speech
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What is the structure of Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’?

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  • 2 main sections
  • First section = fun the children are having - tone is light & carefree
  • Second section = distinct change when it turns to nature, tone is more serious
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What is the language of Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’?

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  • LANGUAGE OF MOVEMENT: Speaker uses short, monosyllabic verbs to increase poems pace
    —> Speed of movements & youthful energy
  • ANIMAL IMAGERY: Narrator compares himself & friends to animals
    —> Close connection to nature
  • SENSORY LANGUAGE: Sibilance & onomatopoeia allows readers to imagine sounds in poem
    —> Contrasts humans to nature
    —> Humans = noisy & nature = delicate & unusual
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Give some quotes that are from Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’

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  • Language of movement: ‘flew’ , ‘wheel’d’
  • Animal imagery: ‘untir’d horse’ , ‘hunted hare’
  • Sensory language: ‘hiss’d along the polish’d ice’
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Who wrote Excerpt from ‘The Prelude’?

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William Wordsworth

English Literature (13 decks)

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