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Ozymandias

Shows the size of the statue. Vast suggests he was either very powerful or arrogant.

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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”

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Ozymandias

Shows that he has been forgotten over time. This is ironic because even the most powerful humans cannot withstand affect of time in nature

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“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”

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Ozymandias

The sculptor understands the rulers arrogance. 

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“Sneer of cold command”

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Ozymandias

Ozymandias thought of himself as a God compared to the other kings. This shows his arrogance

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“King of kings”

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Ozymandias

Shows the statute overtime has been ruined by nature.

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“Colossal wreck, boundless and bear”

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London

The first person makes us feel we are walking with him. 

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“I wonder through each chartered street.”

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London

This suggests he cannot do anything about it he feels hopeless and angry

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“Marks of weakness marks of woe”

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London

The poet tries to tell us that the social hierarchy is a ingrained into society that lower class are trapped in it

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“The mind forged manacles I hear”

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London

The emotive language suggest the poverty of the young children and the lower class used to defend the hierarchy

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Chimney sweepers cry hapless soldiers sigh”

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London

The poet hint illness with marriage which shows the destruction of the lower class and upper class

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“Plagues the marriage hearse”

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Prelude

The use of summer gives positive opening however evening could suggest something will change

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“One summer evening led by her”

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Prelude

First hint that he has done something wrong which suggests he is rebellious

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“Troubled pleasure”

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Prelude

Volta to create a change in mood which is darker. Repitiom

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“A huge peak, black and huge”

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The prelude

Mountain could suggest his time in his life the narrator is feeling lonely and depressed

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“They hung the darkness, call it solitude/or desertion”

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Charge of Light brigade

Charging into their death. Into another army

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“Valley of death”

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Charge of light brigade

Suggests there is no time to mess around

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“Theirs not to make reply/theirs not to reason why/theirs to do a die”

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Charge of light brigade

Links to death again. Mouth parts with death

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“Jaws of death/mouth of hell”

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Charge of light brigade

Idk

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“Someone had blunder’d”

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Charge of light brigade

The group of people in his army. He calls them noble

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“Noble 600”

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Exposure

Nature personified as a enemy attacking them

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“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive”

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Exposure

Half line, emphasises boredom and days repeating

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“But nothing happens”

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Exposure

Turning around to seat

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“We turn back to our dying”

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Exposure

Forgotton hopes. Half rhyme links current and past

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“forgotten dreams, and stare, snow-dazed”

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Exposure

Mimics whistling sounds of bullets.

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“sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”

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Storm on the island

Suggests their arrogance and confidence

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“We are prepared”

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Storm on the island

Storm personified as an animal. Simile shows dangerous nature of familiar things

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“Spits like a tamed cat, turned savage”

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Storm on the island

Semantic field of destruction and aggression. Shows nature could do more

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“Exploding comfortably”

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Storm on the island

They are not as prepared as they thought they were

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“But there are no trees, no natural shelter”

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Storm on the island

Shows potential power of the storm. Attacked by ‘nothing’

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“We are bombarded by the empty air”

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Bayonet Charge

Quite aggressive. Metaphor describes sound and impact of shots

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“bullets smacking the belly out of the air-“

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Bayonet Charge

Suggests his weapon is of no use. Could foreshadow injury

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“he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”

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Bayonet Charge

Simile to show his love for country has turned to fear and replaced with reality

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“patriotic tear”

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Bayonet Charge

Innocence of nature destroyed by war. Could be a metaphor for himself

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“a yellow hare that rolled like a flame”

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Bayonet Charge

List shows why people go to war

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“king, honour, human dignity, etcetera”

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Remains

Start of poem, not the first time he has been

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“On another occasion”

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Remains

Sense of doubt. Shows fear and panick

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“probably armed, possibly not”

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Remains

Quite aggressive, violent metaphor of the bullets damage

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“rips through his life”

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Remains

Very cold and casual verbs shows treated like rubbish. Very violent phrase

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“tosses his guts back into his body”

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Remains

Visual metaphor of reminder of death. Shows its still in his mind

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“his bloody life in my bloody hands”

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Poppies

Mother is lost and doesn’t have control of her own live

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“tucks, darts, pleats”

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Poppies

Positive simile shows excitement of going out into big world

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“the world overflowing/ like a treasure chest”

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Poppies

Metaphor shows allowance of her son leaving

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“released a song bird from its cage”

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Poppies

Wishing for her sons safety. Links with his childhood toys for memory

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“leaned against it like a wishbone”

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Poppies

The wind shows her memory of him slowly fading

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“hoping to hear. Your playground voice catching on the wind”

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My last Duchess

Use of ‘my’ suggests dukes ownership of painting and her, and superiority

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“Thats my last duchess painted on the wall”

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My Last Duchess

Speaking forcfully to someone. Showing he takes power in the room

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“Will’t please you sit and look at her?”

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My last Duchess

Gives the reader a clue that the duke might have killed the duchess. He gave commands shows power

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“I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together”

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My Last Duchess

Shows off his wealth. 2 quotes

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“Frà Pandolf’s”

“Claus of Innersbruck cast in bronze for me!”

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War Photographer

He has put his emotions away. Short simple sentence

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“He has a job to do”

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War Photographer

Eternal link between “tears” and “beers” emphasises short duration of sadness.

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“Tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers”

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War Photographer

Alone with his thoughts. Processing photos + thoughts and feelings

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“In his darkroom he is finally alone”

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The emigree

Opening sounds like a story but also suggests loss

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“There was once a country”

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The emigree

Suggests country has been invaded. However the emigrants view on country doesnt change

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“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants, but I am branded by an impression of sunlight”

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The emigree

Sounds hopeless. She is trapped and cannot return

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“I have no passport, there’s no way back at all”

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Checking out me history

Deliberate attempt of hiding history. Ironic to cause blindness

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“Bandage up me eye with me own history”

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Checking out me history

Reference to battle of hastings. “All dat” implies his lack of interest with this version of history

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“1066 and all dat”

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Checking out me history

Fairy tell taught in british schools. Implies that unimportant things are taught. Links to Black leader

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“Dem tell me bout Dick Whittington and he cat
But Toussaint L’Ouverture
no dem never tell me bout dat”

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