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which poems explore futility of conflict

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charge of the light brigade and bayonet charge

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which poems explore internal conflict

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kamikaze and war photographer

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which poems explore conflict with nature

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prelude and storm on the island

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which poems explore power of memories

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poppies and remains

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which poems explore power of pride

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ozymandias and my last duchess

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which poems explore power of a place

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london and emigree

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which poems explore past and present

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remains and ozymandias

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which poems explore identity

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checking out me history and emigree

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which poems explore power of an object

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poppies and tissue

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key quotations for kamikaze

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one way journey into history
my mother never spoke again
we too learned to be silent
wondered which had been the better way to die

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key quotations for emigree

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i am branded by an impression of sunlight
i comb its hair and love its shining eyes
they accuse me of being dark in their free city
my memory of it is sunlight clear

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key quotations for checking out me history

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i carving out me identity
bandage up me eye with me own history
dem tell me bout dick whittington and he cat
nanny see far woman of mountain dream

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key quotations for bayonet charge

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his terrors touchy dynamite
suddenly he was awoke and running
a yellow hare that rolled like a flame
the patriotic tear…. sweating like a molten iron

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key quotations for tissue

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paper lets the light shine through
raise a structure never meant to last
fly our lives like paper kites

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key quotations for charge of light brigade

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into valley of death rode the six hundred
stormed at with shot and shell
when can their glory fade?
someone had blundered

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key quotations for exposure

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mad gusts tugging on the wire
merciless iced east winds that knife us
pale flakes with fingering stealth comes…. for our faces
but nothing happens

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key quotations for my last duchess

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i gave commands then all smiles stopped
notice neptune though taming a sea horse
thats my last duchess looking as if she were alive
who passed without much the same smile?

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key quotations for my last duchess

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he remembers the cries of this mans wife
he stares impassively and they do not care
rural england. home again to ordinary pain
hands.. did not tremble then but seem to now

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key quotations for storm on the island

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we are prepared; we build our houses squat
the wizened earth never troubled us
spits like a tamed cat turned savage
it is a huge nothing that we fear

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key quotations for remains

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probably armed, probably not
pain itself, the image of agony
his bloody life in my bloody hands
hes here in my head when i close my eyes

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key quotations for poppies

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before you left i pined one onto your lapel
a single dove flew from the pear tree
hoping to hear your playground voice.. on the wind
the world overflowing like a treasure chest

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key quotations for london

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every blackning church appals
the hapless soldiers sigh
where the chartered thames does flow
the mind forged manacles i hear

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key quotations for prelude

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huge peak, black and huge
with trembling oars i turned
heaving through the water like a swan
an act of stealth and troubled pleasure

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key quotations for ozymandias

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two vast and trunkless legs of stone
sneer of cold command
look on my work ye mighty and despair
nothing besides remains

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idea and structure of ozymandias

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conflict between a warriors great power being reduced to wreckage
irregular rhyme, signifies broken statue- no longer perfect

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idea and structure of prelude

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conflict between man and nature- nature more powerful

poem progresses repetition of and shows breathlessness

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idea and structure of london

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conflict caused by greatest city in world having great poverty and oppression
regular rhyme reflects pace of narrator as walk through the city

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idea and structure of poppies

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conflict from perspective of mother left behind when her son goes to war
use of enjambament enhance natural tone and mothers voice

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idea and structure of remains

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long term effects that conflict in war has on a soldier

enjambament shows painful memories on his mind

30
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idea and structure of storm on island

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conflict between man and nature and peoples fear of weather

present tense suggests storm coming now, enjambament adds conversational tone

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idea and structure of war photographer

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conflict between warzone and rural britain

regular 4 line structure reflects order he is giving to the chaos in the photos

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idea and structure of my last duchess

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conflict between speaker presents himself and who he actually is
enjambment and caesura reflect speakers train of thought. iambic pentamemeter show high status

33
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idea and structure of exposure

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conflict between man and cruel weather in war

5th line in each stanza creates anti climax. para rhyme reflects how unsettled soldiers are

34
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idea and structure of charge of light brigade

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bravery of soldiers and stupidity of mission

military rhyme similiar to sound of marching drums of horse hooves

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idea and structure of tissue

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conflict by holding onto things too tightly

enjambment creates human tone

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idea and structure of bayonet charge

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conflict involved in rushing out of trenches to attack

enjambment adds to chaos of batle

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idea and structure of checking out me history

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conflict what we are and arent taught about society

irregular verse and colloqiual language mirrors caribbean music

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idea and structure of emigree

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conflict between childhood memories of place and adult understanding
lack of consistent line structure or rhyme reflects confused feeling about city

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idea and structure of kamikaze

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conflict rules of honour and desire to survive and return to family
use of italics show daughter speaking to her own children

40
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power and context of ozymandias

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human power doesnt last forever, nature stronger

acts as a warning to anyone who thinks they are immortal

41
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power and context of prelude

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power and beauty of nature to make man insignificant

poet emphasised the power and beauty of nature

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power and context of london

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abuse of power in victorian england and lack of power in the poor
set during industrial revolution when a lot of poverty, supporting french revolution

43
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power and context for poppies

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powerless of the mother

poppies as symbol of rememorial

44
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power and context for remains

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soldiers lack of power over his memories and experiences

highlights ptsd from world wars

45
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power and context for storm on island

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power of weather that man fears

poet was born on isolated island, metaphor for troubles in ireland

46
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power and context for war photographer

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powerful war images contrast with detached way theyre consumed
poet bitter about indifferent way people view violence through newspapers

47
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power and context for my last duchess

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power speaker has over his wifes life

based on duke of ferrera, indirectly comment on sin in victorian era

48
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power and contest for exposure

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nature more powerful than bullets

show real conditions of trenches

49
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power and context of light brigade

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powerful military rhythms matches marching drum

miscommunication led soldiers into battle with bad results

50
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power and context of tissue

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cling too tightly to power

POV from troubles of modern worlds

51
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power and context of bayonet charge

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powerful and emotions from running out of trenches

dehumanising impact of leaving trenches in no mans land

52
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power and context of checking out me history

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history told differently obscured by race

53
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power and context of emigree

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power of childhood memories

middle east where people are fleeing

54
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power and context of kamikaze

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power of japanese goverment

great honour to die for your country in japan

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