Poems Flashcards
Name 3 quotes from ozymandias and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“king of kings”-power
“Round the decay of that colossal wreck”-nature,power
“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”-nature,power,destruction.
Shelley was a romantic poet and focused on the idea of nature being more powerful than people.
Name 3 quotes from London and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“blasts the new-born infant’s tear”-innocence.
“marriage hearse”-death,corruption. This links to marriage crumbling due to prostitution and STIs.
“chartered thames”, “mind-forged mancales I hear”-lack of freedom. This links to poor people not having the right to vote and every part of London being owned.
Name 3 quotes from the prelude and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“circles glittering idly on the lake”-nature’s beauty.
“As if with voluntary power instinct, upreared its head”-power,nature,fear
“troubled pleasure”-guilt,youth
Prelude links to Wordsworth’s real experience and shows his views on nature.
Name 3 quotes from MLD and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“My gift of a nine-hundred years old name”-status,power,pride. This could link to the importance of status in Britain at the time.
“I gave commands;/Then all smiles stopped”-death,loss,power. This could link to the power of men in Britain.
“Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity”-power,conflit,objectification,sexism. This could link to sexism at the time.
Name 3 quotes from TCOTLB and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“Theirs not to make reply/Theirs not to reason why/Theirs but to do and die”-Obedience,honour,death,stupidity. This links to the strict orders British soldiers were under to fight for their country.
“Into the jaws of death/Into the mouth of hell”-bravery,evil,death. This emphasises the extreme risks of the battle of balaclava.
“Noble six hundred!”-honour,pride. This shows the glory of fighting for ones country at this time.
Name 3 quotes from exposure and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”-nature,power,death. Links to the extreme conditions in the trenches.
“But nothing happens”-boredom,fear,relentlessness. Links to the waiting for death in WW1.
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”-Evil(sibilance),fear.Links to the tension of WW1 and maybe biblical because of sibilance.
Name 3 quotes from Storm on the Island and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“bombarded by the empty air”-nature,power,conflict. Could link to savagery in Ireland.
“spits like a tamed at turned savage”-savagery,violence,power,nature,human nature. Could link to savagery in Ireland at the time.
“This wizened earth”-nature,fear,age. Links to in-hospitality in Ireland.
Name 3 quotes from Bayonet Charge and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“In bewilderment then he almost stopped”-confusion,mindless following. Links to soldiers being made to fight.
“The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye”-patriotism,loss,sacrifice. Links to patriotism.
“King,honour,human dignity,etetera/Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”-patriotism,fear. Links to patriotism in Britain.
Name 3 quotes from Remains and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“And the drinks and the drugs won’t flush him out-“-loss,memory,guilt. Links to a soldier suffering from PTSD.
“his bloody life in my bloody hands”-guilt,regret. Could link to Macbeth.
“Probably armed, possibly not”-Guilt,confusion. PTSD.
Name 3 quotes from Poppies and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“hoping to hear/Your playground voice catching on the wind”-youth,loss,memory,sadness.
““without/a winter coat or reinforcements of scarf,gloves”-conflict, sadness, grief.
“leaned against it like a wishbone”-fragility,loss,grief,desperation.
All links to WW1.
Name 3 quotes from War Photographer and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“Home again to ordinary pain”-pain,memory.
“A stranger’s features/faintly start to twist before his eyes,/a half-formed ghost”-death,memory,grief,guilt.
“A hundred agonies in black and white”-savagery,death.
All link to wars.
Name 3 quotes from Tissue and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“fly our lives like paper kites”-money,power,greed.Links to money in modern age.
“Maps too. The sun shines though/their borderlines”-nature,power. Links to how nature is always more powerful than us.
“turned into your skin”-connection,death. Suggests that everything is connected.
Name 3 quotes from The Emigree and suggest what theme they link to and what context they link to.
“my memory of it is sunlight clear”-memory,light,happiness.
““They accuse me of being dark in their free city”-prejudice, isolation, fear.
“That child’s vocabulary I brought here”-childhood,memory,loss.
All links to being a refugee.
Name 3 quotes from Checking Out Me History and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“carving out me identity”-identity,history,anger. Links to him having to teach himself about his history.
“Blind me to me own identity”-ignorance, identity. Links to British education.
“Dem tell me bout de dish ran away with de spoon/but dem never tell me bout Nanny de maroon”-childhood,identity,anger,contrast.
Name 3 quotes from Kamikaze and suggest a theme they link to and what context they link to.
“a shaven head full of powerful incantations”-power,honour. Links to soldiers being brainwashed.
“as though he no longer existed”-dignity,honour,loss. Links to honour of Japanese pilots.
“he must have wondered/which had been the better way to die”-isolation,shame,death,honour. Links to honour in WW2.
