English lit poems

Question 1

when was Ozymandias published?

Answer 1

1817

Question 2

what is the poem about?

Answer 2

the poem talks about the narrator meeting a traveller from a foreign land. traveller talks about finding shattered remains of an ancient statue of a king in the desert.

Question 3

what is the message of Ozymandias?

Answer 3

poem delivers a powerful message about how power is temporary and nature takes over.

Question 4

what are some Ozymandias quotations?

Answer 4

“vast and trunkless legs off stone” ruins statue shows the state of the political power.

“shattered visage” face of the statue is “shattered” and so is Ozymandias power.

“sneer of cold command” speakers dislike towards Ozymandias

Question 5

“My name is Ozymandias king of kings” what poem is this from

Answer 5

Ozymandias it’s him speaking and the repetition of ‘king’ shows the power he thinks he holds.

Question 6

when ws storm on the island published

Answer 6

1966

Question 7

what is storm on the island about?

Answer 7

the speaker describes a storm attacking the island he lived on. The community thought they were prepared. As the poem goes on it shows how powerful the storm was. confidence turns to fear.

Question 8

key ideas of storm on the island?

Answer 8

crusty of nature and human vunrabilaty.

Question 9

kew quotations fro storm on the island?

Answer 9

“we are prepared we build our houses in squat” open the poem with this statement enfesise there confidence

“spits like a tame cat turned savage”gives the impression the storm is wild and some things that seem innocent are deadly.

‘we are bombarded with the empty air” this is a military metephor “bombarded links to the air strike

‘its a huge nothing that we fear”
the huge nothing is a juxtaposition on the last line to highlight how strange the situation is.

Question 10

when was london written?

Answer 10

1794

Question 11

what is london about?

Answer 11

narrator walking through the streets of London who is struck by the poverty, disease and misery.

Question 12

key ideas of london?

Answer 12

shows the inhabitants of london trapped by the poverty and the imprisonment.

Question 13

key quotations in london?

Answer 13

“walking past each chartered street” the work chartered shows the governments authority and how the government even have control over rivers

‘marks of weakness marks of woe” the emotive langauge shows not only the extent of the suffering but blakes anger

‘every blackening church appalls”
the black associates the church with ideas of corruption and death!

Question 14

when was Exposure written and who wrote it?

Answer 14

1917, Wilfred Owen

Question 15

what is Exposure about?

Answer 15

poem describes living through the misery, boredom and icy weather conditions during the night in the trenches. Weather is the real energy

Question 16

quotations in Exposure?

Answer 16

“but nothing happens” repartition of this gives the reader a sense of the boredom caused be waiting, also hints at the pointlessness of war.