Conflict and Tension Poetry Flashcards
To be able to analyse a poem without the text.
What are 3 context points for Remains?
Lacks usual humour of Simon Armitage, Poem is from a channel 4 documentary about soldiers, Was an Oxford professor of poetry.
What are 3 quotes for Remains?
“Sort of inside out”, “carted off in the back of a lorry”, “probably armed, possibly not”
What are 3 context points for Poppies?
Jane Weir lived during the troubles, terrorist attacks influenced her poetry, she was a textiles designer.
What are 3 quotes for Poppies?
“spasms of paper red”, “all of my words, flattened, rolled, turned into felt”, “dove pulled freely against the sky”
What are 3 context points for Charge Of The Light Brigade?
Alfred Tennyson became poet laureate, Crimean war was the first to feature war reporting, The poem is based on a mistake of British commanders.
What are 3 quotes for Charge Of The Light Brigade?
“valley of death”, “plunged in the battery smoke”, “when can their glory fade”
What are 3 context points for Bayonet Charge?
Ted Hughes was born in Yorkshire, Ted Hughes studied Archaeological at Cambridge, He was poet laureate for a time
What are 3 quotes for Bayonet Charge?
“suddenly he was awake and he was running - raw”, “cold clockwork”, “terror’s touchy dynamite”
What are 3 context points for Kamikaze?
Garland has worked in the NHS, Interested in what convinced young men to kill themselves for war, some people still believe in Kamikaze
What are 3 quotes for Kamikaze?
“dark shoals of fish, flashing silver in the sun”, “once a tuna, the dark prince”, “flask of water, a samurai sword in the cockpit, a shaven head full of powerful incantations”
What are 3 context points for Exposed?
Wilfred Owen gave up on the church, didn’t see the point in war, died in battle.
What are 3 quotes for Exposed?
“but nothing happens, “love of god seems dying”, “less deathly than the air that shudders black with snow”
