Poems Flashcards
What are some quotations from extract from the prelude
“One summer evening (led by her)”
“Went heaving through the water like a Swan”
“A huge peak, black, and huge”
“The grim shape/ towered up between me and the stars”
“But huge and might forms… we’re a trouble to my dreams.”
Who was the author from the extract of the prelude
Wordsworth was a romantic poet.
Focused on feelings and emotions and imagination, which was considered the supreme faculty of the mind
What are some quotes from exposure
“But nothing happens.”
“Is it that we are dying?”
“Far off, like a dull rumour of some other war,”
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”
“The merciless iced east winds that knife us”
“For the love of God seems dying”
“All their eyes are ice,”
“We only know war lasts, rain soaks, and clouds sag stormy”
Who was the author of exposure
Wilfred Ownen was a WW1 poet. He fought and died in war
What are some quotes from Cousin Kate
Why did the great Lord find me out and praise my flaxen hair
He wore me like a golden knot
He saw you at your father’s gate, chose you, and cast me by.
Call me an outcast thing
You sit in gold and sing
O Cousin Kate, my love was true. Your love was writ in sand
My fair-haired sin, my shame, my pride, cling closer, closer yet
Who was the author of Cousin Kate
Christina Rosseti is a nineteenth century poet. She wrote about repression, sexuality, and gender
What are some quotes from the destruction of Sennacherib
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
The sheen of their spears were like stars on the sea
For the angel of death spread his wings on the blast
the tents were all silent, the banners alone, the lances unlifted, the trumpets unblown
The might of the gentile… hath melted like snow in the glance of the lord
What is the context of destruction of Sennacherib
The king of assyrians tried to invade Jerusalem but are defeated by God
Wrote by Byron
What are some quotes from the class game
How can you tell what class I’m from
Cos we live in a corpy, not like some in a pretty little semi, out of Wirril way
A cleaner is me mother
A docker me brother
And I’m proud of the class that I am from
What are some structure and language techniques used in the class game
Direct address- a challenge- a game
Rhetorical questions- accusing tone
Dialect- used to show she is not living to others expectations
Rhyme is AABB sing song teasing tone
What is the context of the class game
Written in 1981 when Margret Thatcher was prime minister. Britain was experiencing economic downturn and unemployment soared, affecting working class areas the most
What are some quotes from the War Photographer
People eat, sleep, love normally/ while I seek out the tragic
A small girl staggering down some devastated streets
The first bomb of the morning shattered the stones
mouth too small for her dark scream
As arbitrary as a blood stain on the wall
What are some language and structure techniques for war photographer
Contrast of stanzas 2 and 3- lightness vs heaviness- emphasises inequality
Sibilance in stanza 1 suggests light hearted giggling while in stanza 3 it suggests how sinister and evil war is
ellipsis in stanza 3 emphasises we don’t know the fate of the baby
What is some context for War photographer
Carole Satyamurti is a British poet. The poem was happening when the Iraq war was happening, although poem doesn’t reference any war
What are some quotes from what where they like
Did the people of Vietnam use lanterns of stone
Sir their light hearts turned to stone
Sir, laughter is bitter to the burned mouth
When bombs smashed those mirrors there was only time to scream
Who can say? it is silent now
