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Exposure
What is the author and date?

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Wilfred Owen, 1920

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Exposure
What is the poem about?

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Soldiers endure difficult conditions including terrible weather - feel disconnected from lives at home

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Exposure
What is the context of the poem?

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He wrote the poem while fighting in WW1 and died in action

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Exposure
What are the poem themes?

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Meaninglessness of war, conflict between man and nature

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“the merciless iced east winds that knife us”

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Exposure

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“pale flakes with lingering stealth come feeling for our faces”

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Exposure

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Exposure
What is the poem structure?

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Lots of ellipses, caesuras, repetition creates a sense of waiting and boredom

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Charge of the light brigade
What is the author and date?

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Alfred Tennyson, 1854

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Charge of the light brigade
What is the poem about?

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Many soldiers died after being sent into an ill-advised battle

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Charge of the light brigade
What is the context of the poem?

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Crimean war - British sent with swords to fight Russians with guns

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Charge of the light brigade
What is the structure of the poem?

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Narrative poem, chronological order making the poem sound like horses galloping

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“into the jaws of death into the mouth of hell”

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Charge of the light brigade

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“came thro’ the jaws of death back from the mouth of hell”

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Charge of the light brigade

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My last duchess
What is the author and date?

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Robert Browning, 1842

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My last duchess
What is the poem about?

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The duke describes his late wife disapproved behaviour - hinted he killed her

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My last duchess
What is the poem context?

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The poet is likely inspired by death of the real duchess

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My last duchess
What is the poem structure?

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Dramatic monologue, rhyming couplets, iambic pentameter

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My last duchess
What is the poem themes?

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Power and conflict - showing off his power over the duchess

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“that’s my last duchess painted on the wall”

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My last duchess

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“a heart - how shall I say? - too soon made glad”

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My last duchess

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The prelude
What is the author and date?

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William Wordsworth, 1850

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The prelude
What is the poem themes?

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Power of nature, childhood memory, personal and sublime experiences

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The prelude
What is the poem structure?

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Epic poem - heroic event happened to him

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The prelude
What is the poem about?

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A man rowing and being awed by power of nature

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"there hung peak black and huge"
The prelude
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"there hung a darkness call it solitude"
The prelude
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The prelude Describe the journey in the boat
First - nature at peace Later - darker, harsh, predatory putting man back in his place
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The prelude Describe the mountain
It represents full might and power of nature, like a game of 'chicken'
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London What is the author and date?
William Blake, 1794
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London What is the poem about?
Someone walking around London and all the despair he sees
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London What is the poem context?
Blake believed in social equality
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"marks of weakness, marks of woe"
London
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"and blights with plagues with marriage hearse"
London
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London What is the poem themes?
corruption of power, inequality
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London What is the poem structure?
4 stanzas, regular alternate scheme - reflect walking around London, last line of stanza is a powerful statement
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Ozymandias What is the author and date?
Percy Bysshee Shelley, 1817
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Ozymandias Who is Ramesses II?
He is the greatest, most celebrated and powerful pharaoh
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Ozymandias What is the poems tone?
Ironic, rebellious
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Ozymandias What is the poem structure?
Sonnet, iambic pentameter
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Ozymandias What is the poem about?
Story of a ruined statue of a once proud King in a desert
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Ozymandias What is the poem context?
Shelley was a romantic - intense emotions influenced by nature
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"look on my works, ye mighty and despair"
Ozymandias
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"and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command"
Ozymandias
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Bayonet charge What is the author and date?
Ted Hughes, 1957
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Bayonet charge What is the poem about?
A WW1 soldier charges enemy line - patriotism is replaced with fear
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Bayonet charge What is the poem context?
Hughes's father was a soldier in WW1
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"he lugged a rifle as numb as a smashed arm"
Bayonet charge
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"in what cold clockwork of the stars and nations"
Bayonet charge
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Bayonet charge What is the poem structure?
There is no set structure, enjambment giving erratic speed to poem
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Storm on the island What is the author and date?
Seamus Heaney, 1966
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Storm on the island What is the poem about?
island-dwellers believe they are prepared for storm but still fear it
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Storm on the island What is the poem context?
Heaney was from rural northern Ireland the 'storm' may be referring to political violence
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"spits like tame cat turned savage"
Storm on the island
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Storm on the island What is the poem tone?
violent, dark, conversational
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Storm on the island What is the poem structure?
blank verse, unrhymed
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"forgetting that it pummels your house too"
Storm on the island
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Remains What is the author and date?
Simon Armitage, 2008
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Remains What is the poem about?
a soldier being haunted by memory of killing a man who was looting a bank
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Remains What is the poem context?
its based on a real account
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Remains What are the poem themes?
reality of war
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Remains What are the poems tones?
guilty, haunting, anecdotal
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"probably armed, possibly not"
Remains
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"and the drink and the drugs won't flush him out"
Remains
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"his bloody life in my bloody hands"
Remains
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Remains What is the poems structure?
monologue, enjambment, caesura emphasises natural speech
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Poppies What is the author and date?
Jane Weir, 2009
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Poppies What is the poem about?
a mother describing her feelings and actions as her son leaves, apparently joining the army
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Poppies What is the poem context?
its part of the war collection poems
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Poppies What is the poems structure?
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"spasms of paper red"
Poppies
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"crimpled petals"
Poppies
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"the world overflowing like a treasure chest"
Poppies

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