Content Flashcards
What are the key ideas in ‘A Poison Tree’?
The narrator is dealing with anger
Consequences of allowing anger to build
An observation of human nature
Emotional conflict and psychological
What are the key ideas in ‘The Destruction of Sennacherib’?
A narrative poem telling biblical story from Old Testament
Focused on power of god against human
Physical conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘The Prelude’?
Poet=coming to terms with his place in nature
Believes humanity has no power over nature
Conflict with nature
What are the key ideas in ‘The Man He Killed’?
About the futility of war
Focused on moral conflict, killing someone because they are your enemy
Physiological and emotional conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘Cousin Kate’?
Innocent young women was jilted by her socially powerful lover
Strong sense of injustice
Emotional conflict and social conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘Half-Caste’?
Focuses on racial conflict
Mocks narrow minded people and their views
Racial conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘Exposure’?
Set in the trenches but it is the weather causing the conflict
Soldiers are exposed to the elements
Physical and psychological conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’?
Glorifies the soldiers and the sacrifices made for their country
Physical conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘Catrin’?
Unconditional love between mother and daughter
Passage of time while growing up and the conflict that comes with it
Conflict of growing up
What are the key ideas in ‘War Photographer’?
A war photographer speaks of the difference between what is published and what really happens
The photo doesn’t capture the true horror of war
Emotional and physical conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘Belfast Confetti’?
Poet expresses his experience of conflict through a bomb of wars
The conflict here is inescapable
Physical conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘The Class Game’?
Class or social stereotypes are challenged throughout
What are the key ideas in ‘Poppies’?
Strong feelings of sadness and anger
Mothers experience of loss and pain
Emotional conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘No problem’?
Poet tackles sensitive subject of racism in a light hearted way
Racial conflict
What are the key ideas in ‘What Were They Like’?
Argues that the country has lost its identity due to war
About remembering
Physical then memory and emotional conflict
