Paper 2 Poetry Flashcards
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Ideas in Bayonet Charge
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- Focuses on the experience of an unnamed soldier to show how all soldiers face this.
- Sense of being out of control and panic
- Sense of pointlessness
- Sense that exulted ideas of patriotism are ‘dropped’ in the heat of the experience of conflict itself.
2
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Structure and form in Bayonet Charge
Stanza 2: “Of his still running (…)”
Next lone “Statuary in (…)”
“Dark and (…)”
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- It is a free verse which shows the unpredictability of war.
- Emjambment in stanza 2 which shows emphasises the continuity of war.
“Of his still running, and his foot hung like (next line) statuary in mid-stride” - In the first stanza, it focuses on the discomfort and lack of preparation/feeling out of control. 3rd stanza is focused on panic.
- Line 11 - 15 enjambment indicate the pace of the running to show his fear as he runs in the ‘dark and runs’
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Language features in Bayonet Charge
“Bullets (…) belly”
“His (…) dynamite”
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- Metaphor in “bullets smacking the belly,” shows how the soldier feels the pain as the force is exemplified.
- Metaphor in “his terror’s touchy dynamite.” It blows up metaphorical but semantic field of explosion.
- Cliffhanger - no solution to war.
4
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Charge of the Light Brigade Ideas:
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- Power of patriotism as the soldiers are willing to die for their country.
- Power of courage as the soldiers do not care about their death
5
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Structural features of The Charge of the Light Brigade
“Cannon (…)”
“Rode (…)”
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- Anaphora of the “cannon to the right/left/behind them.” Shows how the soldiers are helpless
- Anaphora of “honour” which leaves the idea of patriotism of how the soldiers sacrificed themselves.
- Slight change in different stanzas It goes from “rode the six hundred,” to show their bravery to “left of the six hundred” as they have all died to “noble six hundred!” to show their patriotism. Emphasise their sacrifice
6
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Language features of the Charge of the Light Brigade
“Jaws (…)”
“(…) in, (…) in, (…)”
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- Personification of the “jaws of death,” to show how death is inevitable and unescapable.
- Strong imagery and violent language throughout to show the tragedy of the soldiers dying. “Charged in (…) Plunged in (…) Reel’d”
7
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Ideas in Exposure
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- Power of nature
- Conflict between man and power
- Shows the effects of war onto the soldiers.
8
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Structure in Exposure
“But (…)”
“What (…) here?”
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- Repetition of “but nothing happens” of the slow unending torture of the hard conditions of nature up to their death.
- Rhetorical questions that the soldiers keep asking themselves ‘what are we doing here?’ They do not know their purpose.
- At the end they have the rhyme scheme of ABBA. This regularly emphasises the unchanging nature of daily life in the trenches.
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Language features of Exposure "For (...) dying" "All (...) ice," "Merciless (...)" "Otherwise can ... burn"
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- Pessimistic imagery in “for love of God seems dying,” accept their fate and their perception of reality because they have lost all hope.
- Emotive language as “all their eyes are ice,” talking about the soldiers. Loss of emotion and they have a cold state which is frozen. No escape or return.
- Sibilance of the “merciless iced east-winds” to show the hissing murmurs of the wind blowing and its harshness
- They are there so “kind fires (don’t) burn” which is their purpose to be there
10
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Ideas in Remains
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- Power of superiority
- Abuse of power
- Power of regret
- Conflict of jobs vs ethics
11
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Structure in Remains
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- Emjambment to show the soldier’s long and continuous thoughs. Also, shows the agony that the soldier will remember in a long time.
- Flashback to show this significant memory has changed the soldier’s life.
12
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Language in Remains
“Tosses (…)”
“Bloody (…)”
“Won’t (…) out”
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- Callous description when he “tossess his guts into his body,” which shows the insensitivity of soldiers but these moments will then change.
- Also, the symbol and description of “bloody hands,” shows his guilt and regret but he contemplates suicide as well.
- “Won’t flush them out,” there is an internal imagery of excrement which shows how disgusted he is with himself.
13
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Ideas in war photographer
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- Shows powerlessness
- Power of conscience
- Power of memories
- Mental conflict
14
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Structural features of war photographer
“Running children in a …”
4 things
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- First stanza, a snapshot of the photographer reflecting the traumatic events.
- In the second stanza, there is a lot of emjambment in the break in emotion and shows the power of the photographer’s mind, taking photos of his traumatic event. However, he is powerless to stop these moments.
- However in the second stanza he does not have any power as it evokes an idea of no security. “Running children in a nightmare heat.” This contrasts the first line.
- Third and fourth stanza the focus shifts (VOLTA) onto the lives of people who are affected due to war.
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Language features in war photographer "Spools of (...)" "Half-formed (...)" "A hundred ..." "Blood (...)"
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- Sibilance in the “spools of suffering,” to showcase the chaos of war and how everybody suffers.
- Imagery as the photographer sees a “half-formed ghost,” to show how the photographer is haunted by these events.
- “A hundred agonies” hyperbole of the visual imagery of pain, suffering and death
- “Blood stained” - Metaphor of war as it stays there all the way as ‘stain(s)’ are like marks where you can see it.
16
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Ideas in poppies
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- Shows the effects of war onto the mothers
- Sense of loss even before death + personal grief as the mother feels she loses her son as he grows up and leaves home.
- Power of loss + absence
- Power of family
17
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Structure in Poppies
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- Uneven stanza lengths, although first and last stanzas are the same length (tension between trying to maintain emotional control and losing it).
- Emjambment between 2nd and 3rd stanzas and within stanzas to show loss of control. Also, here is a gradual movement away from touch.
18
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Language in poppies
“As I (…) nose”
“Run my (…) hair”
“Flattened, r(…) , t(…)”
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- Lots of sensory language (“as I graza my nose onto your nose”) which focuses on the touch and feeling as the two people love each other.
- Also in “run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair.” Black - shows how death is inevitable and thorns are piercing. Links to the negativity in the 3rd stanza
- Triplet of “flattened, rolled, turned into felt,” soldiers are manipulated and everything she said to stop him is irrelavent. Perhaps with this worrying she cannot control her emotions.
19
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Ideas in the Emigree
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- Power of places (places that are evokative)
- Power of memories/experience
- Conflict of identity/loss
- Conflict of war and the effects
20
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Structure of The Emigree
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- 2nd stanza is mainly positive positive. Flashback of the good feelings of the narrator’s previous life.
- 3rd stanza juxtaposes the previous life as there are negative feelings of conflict.
21
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Language in The Emigree
“White, (…), (…)”
“Takes me (…) the city,”
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- Semantic field of postivity in the triplet of “white, graceful, glow.” This positivity also juxtaposes war.
- Memorable imagery as the former place “takes me dancing through the city,” as it was very enjoyable.
22
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Ideas in tissue
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- Human power is fragile like paper
- Tissue is a metaphor for men’s power
- Arguments lead to war/conflict. Used in the right way it’s good, if wrong humans are endangered.
23
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Structure of Tissue
“Turned into (…)”
List of:
4 things
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- “Turned into your skin,” is a single stanza which emphasises how human power is fragile and its influence is temporaray.
- List of “borderlines, marks, rivers, roads, railtracks and mountainfolds.” Shows how these are all man-made marks, papers are made by man and man controls it. Governemnt are superior and power is abused.
- Enjambment - first stanza onto the second stanza. Everything defies restrictions as the freedom of the lines lack control and order which undermines the suggested order and controls supposedly had by humans.
- Poem is Free verse suggesting that as much as man tries to order and control things their efforts are futile (similar to Ozymandias)
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Language in Tissue
“Shops (…)”
“Thinned (…)”
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- “Shops, sold, paid and credit card,” is a lexical field of money and emphasises how money influences people. Power of our world and show the influence/power of money.
- “Thinned to be transparent,” Alliteration of the idea of paper, emphasising how once you are dead, you cannot be seen. Life is temporary.
