Anthology Poetry Flashcards
Ozymandias -
Quote a line that links to power of nature
Who does the poem talk about?
Quote another line that links to power of nature
“lone and level sand stretch far away”
King Ramses II
“Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare”
Remains -
Quote a line that links to power of memory
Quote two lines that link to the effects of conflict
“Sleep, and he’s probably armed possibly not”
“But I blink and he bursts again through the doors of the bank”
“One of my mates goes by and tosses his guts back into his body”
Storm on the Island -
How does the oxymoron describing the sea relate to context?
Quote a line that links to the theme of powerful emotions
Quote a line that links to the power of nature
(“Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs”) links to the violence taking place in Northern Ireland.
“We are prepared: we build our houses squat”
“Nor are there trees which might prove company when it blows full blast”
London -
Quote a couple of lines that link to power of memory
Quote a line that could be related to a conflict within Europe during the late 18th century
“In every infant’s cry of fear” “The mind-forged manacles I hear”
“Runs in blood down palace walls”
Prelude -
Quote a line that links to power of nature through use of a metaphorical beast
Quote a line that links to powerful emotions
“And growing still in stature the grim shape…Strode after me”
“were a trouble to my dreams”
COTLB -
Quote a line that links to effects of conflict
Quote two lines that link to power of humans
Repetition of “rode six hundred” reminds reader of effects of war
“Theirs not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die” “Boldly the rode and well, into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of Hell”
Poppies -
Write three quotes that link to the effects of conflict
“my stomach busy”
“I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial, leaned against it like a wishbone”
“I resisted the impulse to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair”
War Photographer -
Quote a line that links to the feelings of those not involved in conflict
Quote a line that links to power of memory
Quote a line that links to power of humans
“he stares impassively at where he earns his living and they do not care”
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
“how he sought approval without words to do what someone must”
My Last Duchess -
Quote a line that links to the Duke’s power
Quote a line that links to the Duke’s pride and arrogance
“I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together”
“Will’t please you sit and look at her?”
“which claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!”
Checking Out Me History -
Quote a line that links to the power of identity
Quote a line that links to the power of humans
Quote a line that links to anger
“dem tell me bout Dick Whittington and he cat But Toussaint L’Ouverture no dem never tell me bout dat”
“Bandage up me eye with me own history Blind me to me own identity”
“Dem tell me Dem tell me Wha dem want to tell me”
Exposure -
Quote two lines that link to the reality of conflict
Quote a line that describes loss of belief
“What are we doing here?” “But nothing happens”
“For love of God seems dying”
Emigree -
Quote two lines that link to the power of memory
Quote a line that links to powerful emotions
“branded by an impression of sunlight” “The worst news I receive of it cannot break my original view, the bright filled paperweight”
“My city takes me dancing through the city
of walls”
Kamikaze -
Quote two lines that link to power of nature
Quote a line that links to power of memory
“cloud-marked mackerel, black crabs, feathery prawns”
“tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”
“remembered how he and his brother waiting on the shore”
