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Eng lit - poems Flashcards

1
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What are the themes in If?

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-Masculinity
-Success/defeat
-Identity
-Dreams

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What are the key structure/form in if?

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-Four stanzas of equal length with (AA,BB,CC,DD) rhyme scheme

-Iambic pentameter - keeps upbeat and informative tone of the poem

-Commanding/persuasive tone

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What are the key literary devices in If?

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-Repetition
-Anaphora
-Enjambment
-Caesura

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What poems would you compare if to?

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Prayer before birth

Piano

Poem at thirty nine

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What emotions does If evoke?

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-Compassion
-Empathy
-Passion
-Courage
-Gratitude

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What are the key themes in prayer before birth?

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-Birth
-Struggles of life
-Horrors of the modern world
-Fear of the inevitable corruption of innocence

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What is the structure/form of prayer before birth?

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-Free verse
-Lack of rhyming scheme
-Anaphora
-Stanzas get larger - highlights how fears grow as you get older
-A fractured stanzas - Discomfort

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What are the literary devices in prayer before birth?

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-Caesura
-Enjambment
-Beseeching/contemplative tone
-Tone of despair from a speaker of innocence
-Repetition of personal pronoun

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Which poems would you compare prayer before birth with?

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-If
-Hide and seek

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Which emotions does prayer before birth evoke?

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-Anxiety
-Fear
-Guilt
-Hope

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What are the key themes in blessing?

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-Poverty
-Gift of god
-Struggles for survival

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What is the structure/form of blessing?

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-Free verse
-No set rhyme scheme
-Miraculous tone

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Which literary devices are in blessing?

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-Alliteration
-Enjambment
-Imagery
-Juxtaposition/oxymoron
-Caesura

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Which poems can you compare blessing to?

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-The tyger
-Hide and seek
-Prayer before birth

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14
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Which emotions are evoked in the poem blessing?

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-Sorrow

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What are the key themes in search for my tongue?

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-Sense of belonging
-Difficulties of integrating into a new culture
-Culture and identity

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What is the form/structure in search for my tongue?

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-Written in free verse
-Middle section written in Gujarati
-Tonal shift

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What are the literary devices in search for my tongue?

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-Imagery
-Alliteration
-Apprehensive tone
-Tone of relief

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What poems can you compare search for my tongue to?

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-Prayer before birth
-Half-caste
-If

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Which emotions does search for my tongue evoke?

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-Tone of relief
-Sorrow

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What is the key theme of half past 2?

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-Childhood memory
-Reality of life
-Childhood vernicular
-Sense of abandonment

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What is the structure/form in half past 2?

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-Tercets
-Free verse
-Capitalization of particular words
-Tone of confusion/disorientation

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What are the literary devices in half past two?

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-Enjambment
-Imagery
-Personification of the clock
-Compound words

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What poems can you compare half past two?

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-Prayer before birth
-Hide and seek
-Piano

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Which feelings does half past two evoke?

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-Disorientation
-Sorrow

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What are the key themes in piano?

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-Love and relationships
-Wishes to repeat childhood
-Adult life is full of concerns
-Sense of protection

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What is the structure of piano?

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-3 quatrains
-Constant pace
-Melancholic/sentimental/lamenting tone
-First person format - psychological dimension

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What are the literary devices in piano?

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-Enjambment
-Caesura
-Emotive language

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What to compare piano to?

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-poem at thirty nine
-If

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29
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Which emotions does piano evoke?

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-Sorrow
-Grief
-Sadness

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What are the key themes in hide and seek?

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-Abandonment
-Nervousness
-Bullying and cruelty
-Innocence and naivity

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31
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Which emotions are evoked in hide and seek?

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-Fear
-Terror
-Sorrow
-Sympathy

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32
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What is the structure/form in hide and seek?

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-Second person perspective
-Free verse
-Long stanza - represents time waiting alone

33
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What are the literary devices used in Hide and seek?

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-Caesura
-Alliteration
-Pitiful tone
-Verisimilitude
-Personification

34
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Which poems would you compare hide and seek with?

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-Piano
-Prayer before birth

35
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What are the key themes in sonnet 116?

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-Beauty
-Love is worth fighting for if it is true love

36
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What emotions does sonnet 116 evoke?

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-Love and beauty

37
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What is the form/structure in sonnet 116?

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-Single stanza
-First person
-Rhyme (ABAB)
-Iambic pentameter

38
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What are the literary devices used in sonnet 116?

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-Personification
-Alliteration
-Caesura

39
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Which poems do you compare sonnet 116 to?

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-La belle dam sans merci
-My last duchess
-Poem at 39

40
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What are the key themes in la belle dam sans merci?

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-Beauty
-Dreams
-Love
-Death
-Fem Fatale

41
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What are the emotions evoked in la belle dam sans merci?

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-Remorse
-Abandonment
-Sadness
-Pain

42
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What is the structure in La belle dam sans merci?

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-Ballad
-Quatrain
-Last quatrain written in iambic diameter

43
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What are the literary devices in la belle dam sans merci?

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-Anaphora
-Metaphor
-Caesura
-Allusion
-Imagery

44
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Which poems can you compare la belle dam sans merci to?

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My last duchess

45
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What are the key themes in poem at thirty nine?

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-Reflection on the impact of a father like figure
-Her father was altruistic

46
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What is the form/structure of poem at 39?

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-Free verse
-Six stanzas
-Elegiac tone
-Contemplative tone
-First person

47
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What are the literary devices in poem at thirty nine?

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-Enjambment
-Repetition
-Nostalgia - looking back on the past

48
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What are the emotions that poem at thirty nine evokes on the audience?

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-Sorrow/sympathy

49
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Which poems do you compare poem at thirty nine to?

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If

50
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What are the key themes in war photographer?

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-Agonies of war
-Relentlessness of war

51
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What is the structure/form in war photographer?

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-Four stanzas
-Rhyme scheme
-Enjambment
-Third person

52
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What are the literary devices in war photographer?

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-Alliteration
-Metaphor
-Syntactically positioned phrases
-Sibilance
-Sinister tone
-Juxtaposition

53
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What are the emotions evoked in war photographer?

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-Sorrow/sympathy for war photographers

54
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Which poems do you compare war photographer to?

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Blessing

55
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What are the key themes in the tyger?

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-Inequalities in society
-Mysteries of god’s creation
-God’s omnipotence/supremacy
-Why god made evil and vulnerable

56
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What are the key emotions evoked in the tyger?

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-Bravery
-Fear

57
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What is the structure/form in the tyger?

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-Six stanzas
-Trochaic tetrameter
-Tyger spelt incorrectly
-Epizeuxis (repitions with immediate succesion)
-Rhyme scheme

58
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What are the literary devices in the tyger?

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-Alliteration
-Enjambment
-Rhetorical questions
-Sense of mystery
-Imagery

59
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Which poems can you compare the tyger to?

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-Blessing
-Prayer before birth
-War photographer

60
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What are the key themes in my last duchess?

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-Death
-Love
-power (Patriarchal apprehension)
-Male domination

61
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Which poems to compare my last duchess to?

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-If
-Prayer before birth
-La belle dam sans merci

62
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What are the literary devices in my last duchess?

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-Enjambment
-Alliteration
-Tricolon
-Ceasura

63
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What is the structure/form in my last duchess?

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-Dramatic monologue
-First person perspective
-Iambic pentameter
-Dark/sinsiter/jealous tone

64
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Which emotions are evoked in my last duchess?

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-Dishonesty
-Vengeance
-Jealousy

65
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What are the key themes in half caste?

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-Identity
-Racism
-Danger of ignorance

66
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What is the structure/form of half caste?

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-Written in his dialect
-Spelt phonetically
-Free verse

67
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What are the literary devices used in half caste?

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-imperatives
-Mocking
-Sarcasm
-Juxtapostion
-Confrontational tone

68
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Which poems can you compare half caste to?

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Search for my tongue

69
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Which emotions are evoked in half caste?

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-Sorrow for him
-People will stop being ignorant

70
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What are the key themes in do not go gentle into that good night?

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-Aging
-Death
-Journey

71
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What are the emotions evoked in do not go gentle into that good night?

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-Bravery
-Confidence
-Courage

72
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What is the structure/form of do not go gentle into that good night?

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-Villanelle
-Five tercets and one quatrain

73
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What are the literary devices in do not go gentle into that good night?

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-Repetition
-Beseeching tone
-Pleading tone
-Alliteration
-Second person

74
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Which poems can you compare to do not go gentle into that good night?

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If
Remember

75
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What are the key themes in remember?

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-Death
-Love

76
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What are the emotions evoked in remember?

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-Anxiety
-Grief
-Worry
-Sadness

77
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What is the structure/form in remember?

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-Sonnet
-First person perspective
-Iambic pentameter

78
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What are the literary devices in remember?

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-Enjambment
-Repetition
-Metaphors
-Euphemism
-Caesura

79
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Which poems can you compare remember to?

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-Shakespeare’s sonnet
-Do not go gentle into that good night

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