anthology poems - 39-remember Flashcards
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summary of remember
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- girl close to death begging her lover not to forget her
- volta in the middle where the rhyme scheme changes and complete shift and she accepts that it will be better for him to forget her and be happy than remember her with sadness
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context and structure of remember
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- petrarchan sonnet (14 line stanza) - rhyming more simple at beginning but more somplex in last bit to show more complex emotions
- iambic pentameter - sounds like a heartbeat - theme of love
- written as a 19 year old girl - Christina Rossetti
3
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themes in remember
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- love
- death
- memory
4
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language in remember
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- personal pronouns - private farwell, personal, intimate
- alliteration - ‘hold me by the hands’ - desperation /// plosive alliteration ‘better by’ intense want to be remebered
- euphamism - ‘silent land’ for death - not distress the speakers lover - death is a journey and very dif to life.
- repetition - remember - command, intense, strong, powerful
5
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themes of do not go gentle into that good night
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- family and grief
- life and death
6
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summary of do not go gentle into that good night
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- thomas talks abt lots of different types of men who attempt to ignore and deny that they will die
- he says that wise men are men who fight death because they havent done anything revolutionary yet
- Old men have the knowledge and wisdom to realize the preciousness of life and therefore want to hold onto it.
7
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structure of o not go gentle into that good night
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- villanelle - highly structured with refrains, strict rhyme scheme - demands control and intensity - death is unavoidable
8
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language of do not go gentle into that good night
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- oxymoron - ‘curse bless’ - conflicting nature of life and death - you can die instantly so make the most of your life - his father didnt bc he never became a teacher
9
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summary of half - caste
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- starts with speaker explaining his identity
- makes fun of the stupid things te racist person is saying by comparing to famous artist and musician and saying how their mix colours and keys and they arent half caste
- ends with saying to the listener that they should come back tomorrow and fully engage if he is going to tell them about his life that is more than just what he looks like
10
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language of half - caste
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- interrogative style - ‘excume me’ ‘exaplin yuslef’ - trying to understand why hes being treated unfairly
- semantic field of body parts - he is fully human - repeated - just like the racist person
- rhyming of ‘pass ah/rass - builds momentum - anger
- tricolon - builds momentum at the end to finish on a strong point
11
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structure and form of the tyger
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- romantic poem
- trochaic tetrameter
12
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the tyger themes
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- creation
- religion
- awe and wonder - majestic tyger
13
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language in tyger
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- symbolism of the tyger - ability of god to make something so fearsome and dangerous
- semantic field of blacksmith language - shows how there was real effort and difficulty to making it so amazing and that nothing this amazing could be natural.
- lamb - refernce to christaintiy - symbol of christ and innocence - juxtaposition with tyger complete opposite
14
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summary of my last dutchess
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- Duke showing off a painting of his dead wife to a visitor and points out her blushing
- suggests she cheated on him but he was too arrogant to tell her to stop
- he orders her to be killed
- then discusses new marriage with visitor
15
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structure and form of my last dutchess
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- dramatic monologue - dukes dominating presence - creates a bias - bushes over the fact he killed her - only her one perspective of the story which mirrors society at this time
- iambic pentameter - very controlled rhythm - he had control of her and very traditional
- no stanzas and enjambment - narrators stream of conciousness in contrast to dead wife
