Feelings and Attitude Flashcards
Feelings and Attitude in Ozymandias
1) PRIDE - The ruler was proud of what he’d achieved. He called on other rulers to admire what he did.
2) ARROGANCE - The inscription shows that the ruler believed that he was the most powerful ruler in the land - nobody else could compete with him. He also thought he was better than those he ruled.
3) POWER- Human civilisations and achievements are insignificant compared to the passing of time.
Art has the power to preserve elements of human existence, but it is also only temporary.
Feelings and Attitude in London
1) ANGER - Emotive language and repetition show the narrator’s anger at the situation. He mentions “every black’ning church” and “palace walls”, suggesting he’s especially angry at the people in power, who could do something to change things but don’t.
2) HOPELESSNESS - The “mind-forged manacles” suggest that the people themselves are also to blame - they’re trapped by their own attitudes. They appear hopeless because they’re not able (or not even trying) to help themselves.
Feelings and Attitude in The Prelude
1 ) CONFIDENCE - The narrator feels comfortable and in control to start with, but his confidence in himself and the world around him is shaken by this one event.
2) FEAR - Nature is shown to be more powerful than a human being. The narrator is left with a feeling of awe and respect for nature, but he’s also scared by it.
3) REFLECTION - The poem ends with the narrator reflecting on how he’s been changed by the event. His thoughts and dreams are still troubled by what he’s experienced.
Feelings and Attitude in My Last Duchess
1) PRIDE - The Duke is very proud of his possessions and his status.
2) JEALOUSY - He couldn’t stand the way the Duchess treated him the same as everyone else (lines 31-34).
3) POWER - The Duke enjoys the control he has over the painting (lines 9-10). He didn’t have this power over the Duchess when she was alive.
Feelings and Attitude in The Charge of the Light Brigade
1 ) ADMIRATION - The narrator admires the bravery and sacrifice of the men because they obeyed orders even though they knew death was likely. He thinks that the world should recognise their bravery and appreciate their sacrifice.
2) PATRIOTISM - The men followed the orders because of their duty to their country, and the speaker portrays them as heroes for doing this.
3 ) HORROR - There’s a suggestion that the narrator is horrified by the violence of the battle.
Feelings and Attitude in Exposure
1) SUFFERING - There are reminders of the real, physical pain that the soldiers experience, as well as their exhaustion and fatigue. Even thinking about home is painful for the men as they’re not welcome there.
2 ) BOREDOM - There’s a sense of frustration at their situation - they are “Worried”, “Watching” and waiting, but “nothing happens” and the men are left to contemplate their own deaths.
3) HOPELESSNESS - The soldiers are helpless against the power of nature and there is nothing they can do to change their situation. The poem offers little hope of a future for the men.
Feelings and Attitude in Storm on the Island
1) SAFETY - The first part of the poem shows that the community feels safe, and prepared for the storm.
2) FEAR - This sense of security soon changes to fear, as familiar things change and become frightening.
3) HELPLESSNESS - The people can’t do anything about their fear except wait for the storm to finish. Nature is presented as a powerful, relentless force.
Feelings and Attitude in Bayonet Charge
1) TERROR -The poem challenges patriotism and shows how desperate terror becomes the overriding emotion in battle. The soldier is driven forward by fear rather than any more noble motive.
2) CONFUSION - The soldier is physically disorientated by the gunfire, but he’s also questioning what he’s doing there at all.
Feelings and Attitude in Remains
1) NONCHALANCE - Initially, there’s a very casual attitude towards the death of the man the tone at the start of the poem is anecdotal. He’s shot without warning and his body is just thrown into a lorry and “carted off”.
2) GUILT - The speaker can’t get the memory of the killing out of his mind. He is tormented by thoughts of the man, and wondering whether he was armed or not. The poem ends with the speaker acknowledging that he has blood on his hands - he knows he’s guilty.
Feelings and Attitude in Poppies
1) LOSS - The mother acts as if she’s lost her son - she is struggling to move on and accept the changes. There are hints that the son may even be dead. References to the son starting school allude to a different kind of loss that the mother has previously experienced.
2) FEAR - The mother is anxious and fearful for her son’s safety. Her anxiety has a physical effect on her. The poem focuses on the bravery and restraint of the people left behind when their loved ones go to war.
3) FREEDOM - The poem shows the contrasting perspectives between the loss the mother feels and the freedom and excitement her son experiences.
Feelings and Attitude in War Photographer
1) PAIN - The photographs depict real pain (“A hundred agonies”) and there’s also the emotional pain of the woman who’s lost her husband. The horrific pain of war is contrasted with the “ordinary” pain back home.
2) DETACHMENT - The photographer is detached from his emotions in the war zones so he can do his job. The words “finally alone” and “impassively” suggest that he’s also detached from “ordinary” life in England.
3) ANGER - The poem ends with a sense of anger at the people who don’t care about the suffering of others.
Feelings and Attitude in Tissue
1) CONTROL - The poem mentions different things that control human life - there are references to money, religion, nature, pride and governments (“capitals”).
2) FREEDOM The speaker imagines a world that breaks free of some of these restrictions, where human constructions are less permanent and important.
Feelings and Attitude in The Emigrée
1) NOSTALGIA - The speaker’s positive memories of the city are unwavering - nothing she hears will change her view of it. There’s a sense of yearning for the city and the past, which is partly fulfilled by the city appearing to the speaker in the final stanza.
2) THREAT - There are suggestions that the city has been invaded or taken over by a tyrant, but the speaker chooses to ignore these things. She is threatened in her new city, and seems to have to protect her old city. The poem ends with “sunlight”, but this doesn’t entirely remove the sense of threat.
Feelings and Attitude in Kamikaze
1) PATRIOTISM - The opening stanza is full of suggestions of patriotic pride and duty - the pilot has the chance to fly “into history”. The patriotism of his family and neighbours is shown in their reaction to his return - they treat him as if he’s dead because he has failed in his duty to his nation.
2) SHAME - The reaction of the pilot’s wife is one of deep shame - she never speaks to him again.
3) REGRET - The pilot’s daughter’s words in the final stanzas are tinged with a sense of regret and loss. The repetition in lines 9 and 41 of “he must have” also hints at her empathy with the pilot.
Feelings and Attitude in Checking Out Me History
1) ANGER - The narrator’s angry because the education system didn’t teach him about his culture. He was unaware of his heritage even though it’s an important part of who he is.
2) ADMIRATION - He respects the Caribbean figures he describes in the poem. He admires their achievements and wants to tell their stories to show the important role they played in history.
3) CELEBRATION - At the end he says he will embrace his own identity in a positive way.
