Ozymandias Quotes Flashcards
List 3 quotes on ozymandius
Look upon my works ye mighty… nothing beside remains. Irony, statue is symbol of political power or human achievement- reflect Shelly’s belief that social and political order can be overturned
Boundless and bare…. lone and level. Structurally ends on this to represent insignificance
Line 9. Break in sonnet (Volta) clawless Petrarchan sonnet. Represent how human power can be destroyed. LINK WITH FIRST POINT
List 3 London quotes
Regular rhymes sustained. Could echo relentless misery of street or sound of feet as he wonders the city
Mind forged manacles I hear. People trapped in every way possible even thoughts- LINK TO RHETORIC LANGUAGE AND SENSES. Chimney sweepers cry. Traditionally children so emotive language and aural imagery. Reinforce horror to persuade people to change in every way
Contrast of marriage hearse. Oxymoron show his everything is effected- nothing is pure and no end to suffering. Sir transmitted to wives after cheating.
2 quotes on prelude
Troubled pleasure oxymoron. Contrast hints narrators guilt but excitement. Subtle foreshadow as later distinct change after ‘when’ and the robe becomes darker and fearful. Upreared it’s head and there hung a darkness
Confident language. Like a swan- simile suggest confident and in control which contrast change in tone. Human power is nothing to natural power
My last duchess 3 quotes
Rhyming couplets sustained throughout entirety (AA BB) need for control. Contrasts enjambment as shows loss of control due to anger
Power of status- ranked my gift of a nine hundred year old name… anybody else’s. Felt he had power over duchess as ‘my’ possessive pronoun due to status
Dramatic irony as it hints at sinister meanings- I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together. Insinuates death though seems innocent like they broke up- makes reader read between lines. Emphasises abuse of power
Remains 2 quotes
Colloquial language- legged it… rips through his life. Trivialises mans death as if nothing however contrasts as overtime the guilt sets in. Probably armed possibly not. All that remains of war is guilt
Graphic imagery tossed his guts. Shows how part of everyday life- reminds reader of poets of war
Poppies 2 quotes
Chronological order with ambiguous time frame. Three days before. Then playground voice could mean that she still believe son is a child thus needs to be protected thus feel out of control. Reoccurring theme of textile as writer was a designer thing. Using what she knows to mother him felt
Released a songbird from its cage- her letting her grief out as symbol of mourning. Also symbol of peace so implies he died at war. Foreshadowed by injury motif as spasms and bandaged. Caesura repetition of comma shows how she’s holding her emotions in words flattered, rolled, turned into felt. So emotional couldn’t speak
Quotes on emigree
Memory… sunlight clear. Bright filled paper weight.. maybe sick with tyrants… branded by sunlight. Power of memory (childhood memories) extended metaphor of light creates rose tinted image suggests vitality of city. Structurally ends on sunlight reinforces positive light.
Bayonet charge quotes
Smacking the belly out of the air… rifle numb as a smashed arm. Uneven sentence length and enjambment creates irregular rhythm- mirrors struggling to run in mud. Repetition of he suggest that soldier could be anyone
He almost stopped. Time stands still- soldier reflects on situation. Final stanza he gives his thoughts and ideals as lost humanity. King, honour, human dignity etcetera…. luxuries
Green hedge. Field. Threshing circle. Then yellow hare is painful image of threw up- suggest how natural world destroyed by war
Exposure
Regular rhyme of Abbac- reflects monotonous nature that are experienced. Half rhyme eg. Snow and renew- suggest how no comfort or satisfaction. Jagged rhymes represent reality of men’s experience and reflect confusion and fading energy.
Winds that knife us and flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces. Nature personified making seem like real enemy. Maliciously tormenting.
No real progression as the poem ends with same words but nothing happens- reflects monotony of life in trenches and how that will be the death of them- our ghosts drag home.
Storm on the island
Exploding comfortably. Violent imagery with oxymoron suggests feelings of fear and safety- subtle shift as feelings of safety are being override by fear. Also use of sounds like exploding and blast create forceful sounds for aural imagery that are often warlike terms- emphasises danger and effects of storm and natural world.
First plural person we shows how this is a collective communal experience and one stanza poem reflects how everyone is in there home together as compact and sturdy like house.
Kamikaze
Third person- she thought yes grandfathers boat. Represents distance between her and father as been cut off from society. Transition shows how she is remembering something new rather than just recounting the event as if done countless times.
Natural imagery by similes metaphors and detailed descriptions emphasis power of nature. Hinted that nature is what triggered his action. Pearl grey pebbles and dark prince muscular dangerous. Makes nature sound precious which reflects life of pilot.
