Ozymandias

Question 1

Ozymandias : Narrative

Answer 1

Conflict between a warrior’s great power being reduced to wreckage.

Question 2

Ozymandias: Context

Answer 2

Acts as a warning to anyone who thinks they are immortal – power won’t outlast time! Shelley was a Romantic poet and valued the power of nature.

Question 3

Ozymandias: Structure / Form

Answer 3

The sonnet rhyme scheme is irregular and is perhaps symbolic of the broken statue itself. Ozymandias’ control and dictatorship has been destroyed over time.

Question 4

Ozymandias: Language techniques

Answer 4

Sibilance, hyperbole, imagery, juxtaposition, imperative

Question 5

London: Narrative

Answer 5

Conflict caused by the greatest city in the world suffering from poverty and oppression.

Question 6

London: Context

Answer 6

Set during the poverty of the Industrial Revolution. The poet is supporting the French Revolution’s quest for liberty.

Question 7

London: structure/form

Answer 7

The regular rhyme scheme reflects the regular walking pace of the narrator – it could also reflect the constant, regular misery of the people of London.

Question 8

London: Language techniques

Answer 8

Repetition,

Question 9

My Last Dutchess: Narrative

Answer 9

Conflict between how the speaker presents himself and who he actually is.

Question 10

My Last Dutchess: context

Answer 10

Based on The Duke of Ferrera form the Italian Renaissance to indirectly comment on sin in the Victorian era.

Question 11

My Last Dutchess: structure/form

Answer 11

Based on The Duke of Ferrera form the Italian Renaissance to indirectly comment on sin in the Victorian era.

Question 12

My Last Dutchess: Language techniques

Answer 12

Dramatic monologue, rhetorical question, caesura, enjambment

Question 13

The Charge of the Light Brigade: Narrative

Answer 13

The bravery of the soldiers and stupidity of the mission.

Question 14

The Charge of the Light Brigade: context

Answer 14

A miscommunication led a group of soldiers to head straight into a battle with catastrophic results.

Question 15

The Charge if the Light Brigade: structure/form

Answer 15

It has a military rhyme similar to the sound of marching drums of horse hooves.

Question 16

The Charge of the Light Brigade: language techniques

Answer 16

Fricatives, repetition, foreshadowning, direct speech, anaphora, sibilance, personification, imperative verb

Question 17

Exposure: Narrative

Answer 17

Conflict between man and the cruel weather in a warzone.

Question 18

Exposure: Context

Answer 18

The poet wanted to truthfully show the real conditions of World War I for soldiers in the trenches.

Question 19

Exposure: structure/form

Answer 19

The fifth line in each stanza creates an anti-climax. Para-rhyme reflects how unsettled the soldiers are.

Question 20

Exposure: Language techniques

Answer 20

Repetition, sibilance, personification, alliteration, juxtaposition, nervous tension

Question 21

Remains: Narrative

Answer 21

Explores the long term effects that conflict in war has on a soldier.

Question 22

Remains: Context

Answer 22

The poem highlights the problem of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in soldiers.