POEM QUOTES Flashcards
War photographer 5 A He has a j t d Something I h S T
“All flesh is grass” quote from the bible (Isaiah 40:6) which means human life is temporary
“He has a job to do” simple sentence , he now had to put his emotions aside. Just like a solider would.
“Something is happening” Volta, change in tone, he is remembering a special death and its impact
“Sundays supplement” sibilance, plosive sounds make the reader almost spit the words out, this hints at the frustration because the photos might not be important enough to get into the news paper.
“Tears beers” internal rhyme, the readers pain/ tears will soon be replaced with beers. They won’t care anymore.
Checking out me history 4/5
Ban T S A healing s, a y s De
“Bandage up me eye” irony, a bandage would normally help things heal but in this case they are blinding him from his own history.
“Toussaint Toussaint” repetition, this sounds like a chant, he is now confident in his own history.
“Spoon maroon” rhyme scheme to show how shallow he thinks British history is.
“A healing star, a yellow sunrise” metaphor which links light and vision.
“Dem tell me” is repeated all through out the poem.
Remains 6 I s Broad daylight on t o s End of s, e n r Then I'm h o l Probably a p n
“I see l see” repetition emphasises visual horror and scene.
“Broad daylight on the other side” violent metaphors contrasts with stanza 2, it doesn’t fit with a casual tone.
“End of story, except not really” volta
“Then I’m home on leave.” Short sentence, he thinks he’ll forget the terrible things he has seen once he is back home.
“Probably armed, possibly not” repetition since it is repeated in stanza 1. He is replaying the event in his mind.
“Some distant, sun-stunned, sand-smothered land” metaphor and sibilance, compares to the memory stuck in his mind to a solider in a trench.
Ozymandias 2
“Shattered visage lies” irony, means broken head/ face. Even the most powerful of people cannot control time.
“Lone and level” alliteration, emptiness of the dessert.
Exposure 3/4
“Merciless iced east winds that knife us…” personification, the wind seems to be attacking them.
“Sudden successive” sibilance, mimics the sound of flying bullets.
“-is it that we are dying?” Rhetorical question.
“Shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp.” Vivid imagery about the weather.
Kamikaze 2, 2 stanzas
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At the l f b
“Safe safe” repetition, hints at the pilots mind set. He doesn’t want his children to go through the pain of losing him.
“At the little fish boats” irony, the pilot should be focusing oh his mission but instead this catches his eyes.
Stanza 4, lack of punctuation. This hints that the pilot is getting lost in his childhood memories.
Stanza 5, poems first full stop. This signals the end of the flight, he should have died but he returned home.
The prelude 3
“Troubled pleasure” oxymoron, hints at the narrators guilt.
“When,” Volta, the simple word emphasised by being at the start of the line.
“Trouble to me dreams” unsettling image.
