Plots Of All Poems Flashcards
Charge of the light brigade
recounts an assault by a brigade of British cavalry under the command of Lord James Thomas Brudenell, Earl of Cardigan, which cost the lives of 113 men and injured 143 others.
My last dutches
about an Itallian Duke, who has supposedly killed his first wife and is now planning another wedding to another woman
Bayonet charge
a soldier desensitised to the harshness of war, he appears immune to the death of other soldiers and it takes the suffering of nature to break his trance-like state
Tissues
explores the varied uses of paper and how they relate to life itself
Poppies
a mother’s experience of watching her son go off to war
War photographer
The poem follows the journey of a man who returns from a war-torn land to develop his photographs. The pictures remind him of his experiences and the atrocities which are happening abroad.
Storm on the island
a community of islanders who are preparing for a storm, investigating the battle of nature vs man
The prelude
A mountain by the lake grows far bigger than he thought it. He realises the monumental nature of the mountain and hurries back to shore
Remains
a soldier who is haunted by his involvement in a shooting of a bank looter
The emigree
about somebody who had to leave their country as a child to be safe. They are looking back fondly whilst lamenting the discrimination they experience in their new country
