Poem Ideas Flashcards
Key ideas about Ozymamdias
• The power of nature and time outlasts human pride and political power.
• Irony: a king who tried to immortalise himself is forgotten.
• Hubris and downfall.
Key ideas of poppies Jane weir
• Domestic side of conflict—mother’s grief.
• Symbolism of poppies, memory, and loss.
• Blending past and present through emotion.
Key ideas of kamikaze
• Conflict between national duty and personal love.
• Shame and cultural expectations.
• Power of memory and childhood.
Key ideas of war photographer carol Ann Duffy
• Conflict between duty and detachment.
• Western apathy to distant suffering.
• Power of photos vs. powerlessness of the photographer.
Key ideas of remains Simon armitage
Psychological damage of modern war.
• Casual attitude to violence becomes trauma.
• Guilt as inescapable.
Key ideas of cotlb Alfred Tennyson
Patriotic sacrifice and honour vs. military blunder.
• Glorification of courage despite futility.
• Repetition and rhythm = horse charge.
Key ideas of bayonet charge Hughes
Dehumanising effects of war.
• Soldier’s panic and loss of patriotism mid-charge.
• Nature imagery = chaos and confusion.
Key ideas of the Emigrée (Rumens)
Power of memory and language over political change.
• Attachment to an idealised homeland.
• Conflict between identity and imposed structures.
Key ideas of kamikaze Garland
Conflict between national duty and personal love.
• Shame and cultural expectations.
• Power of memory and childhood.
Key ideas of Tissue (Dharker)
Paper as a metaphor for human power (fragile, temporary).
• Suggests we should build societies with compassion, not control.
• A spiritual, philosophical view of power
Key ideas of checking out me history John agard
Power of education to shape identity.
• Reclaiming power by telling your own history.
• Contrast between colonial and cultural narratives.
