English Poems Flashcards
Who wrote My Last Duchess?
Robert browning
My Last Duchess
Implied that he had her killed
Use of short phrases highlights the swiftness and ruthlessness of her death
I gave commands:/Then all smiles stopped together
My Last Duchess
Boastful language to end the poem
“Taming a seahorse”
My Last Duchess
Rhetorical question
The duke is posing this as a question but it is really a command highlighting his power and pride
“Will you please sit and look at her?”
Who wrote War Photographer?
Carol Anne Duffy
How many syllables are most lines in war photographer?
10
War Photographer
Makes the reader understand the intensity of the suffering caused by war
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
War Photographer
Shows the comfort of those who are not directly affected by war and the lack of emotion when they look over the newspaper for a few seconds then move onto the next story
“The readers eyeballs prick with tears, between the bath and pre-lunch beers”
War Photographer
Metaphor-highlights the scale of bloodshed and creates a gruesome image in the readers head and what the photographer can see.
Also a biblical quote that life is temporary
“All flesh is grass”
Kamikaze
Metaphor
Significance of the act and the honour it could bring him
“One way journey to history”
Kamikaze
Simile
Connotations of celebrations
Ironic of what he is about to do for his country
“Strung out like bunting”
Kamikaze
Listing
This is a ritual and gives a sense of dignity and respect for the tradition
“With a flask of water, a samurai sword in the cockpit…”
London.
Physical signs of weakness and uhappiness which highlights Blake’s anger and the institutions that fail to help.
Emotive language
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
London.
Men are seen as masculine with no emotion, therefore shows how bad and desperate the situation is.
Repetition of ‘every’ emphasises that everyone is effected.
“In every cry of every man”
