POEMS Flashcards

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OZYMANDIAS-

trunkless legs

A

two vast and trunkless legs of stone

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OZYMANDIAS-

command

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sneer of cold command

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OZYMANDIAS-

bare

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boundless and bare

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4
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LONDON-

chartered

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i wander through each chartered street

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LONDON-

marks

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marks of weakness marks of woe

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LONDON-

tear

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newborn infants tear

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THE PRELUDE-

huge

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huge peak black and huge

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THE PRELUDE-

turning around

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with trembling oars i turned

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THE PRELUDE-

negative quote about nature at the end of poem- contrasts with the first half

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no pleasant images of trees

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MY LAST DUCHESS-

look at her

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whilt you please sit and look at her

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MY LAST DUCHESS-

the wife blushing

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spot of joy

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MY LAST DUCHESS-

commands

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i have commands and all smiles stopped together

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13
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CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BREGADE-

jaws

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the jaws of death

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CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BREGADE-

no reason to be there but die

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there’s not a reason why

theirs but to do and die

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CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BREGADE-

world

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all the world wondered

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16
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EXPOSURE-

wind

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ice east winds that knife us

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17
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EXPOSURE-

repetition

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but nothing happens

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18
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EXPOSURE-

at the end - emotional

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slowly our ghosts drag home

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19
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STORM KN THE ISLAND-

oxymoron

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exploding comfortably

20
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STORM ON THE ISLAND-

casual saying - like it’s normal

A

you know what i mean

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STORM ON THE ISLAND-

metaphor for it being pointless

A

are bombarded by the empty air

22
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BAYONET CHARGE -

first line

A

suddenly he awoke and was running

23
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BAYONET CHARGE-

the man doesn’t know what he’s doing

A

like a man who has jumped up in the dark

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BAYONET CHARGE-

his terror is getting too much - he’s fragile and week

A

his terrors touchy dinamite

25
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REMAINS-

alliteration

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probably armed possibly not

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REMAINS-

in caring tone

A

there on the ground sort of inside out

27
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REMAINS-

guilt

A

his bloody life in my bloody hands

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POPPIES-

mother like

A

smoother down your shirts

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POPPIES-

when he leaves

A

a split second and you were away

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POPPIES-

thinking back to when he was little

A

your playground voice catching on the wind

31
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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER-

suffering

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spools of suffering set out in ordered rows

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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER-

colour imagery

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the only light is red

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WAR PHOTOGRAPHER-

ghosts

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a half formed ghost

34
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THE EMIGREE-

memory

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my memory of it is sunlight clear

35
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THE EMIGREE-

colour imagery

A

the white streets of that city

36
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THE EMIGREE-

near the end when it turns negative - volta

A

they accuse me of absence

37
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CHECKING OUT ME HISTORY-

blind

A

blind to me own identity

38
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CHECKING OUT ME HISTORY-

history

A

a slave

39
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CHECKING OUT ME HISTORY-

the end - finding out his own history and identity

A

but now i checking out me own history

i carving out me identity

40
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KAMIKAZE-

the sea

A

green blue translucent sea

41
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KAMIKAZE-

the fish

A

fishes flashing silver

42
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KAMIKAZE-

the end

A

he must have wondered which had been the better way to die

43
Q

TISSUE-

how easy you can ruin it

A

see how easy they fall away on a sigh

44
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TISSUE-

how it’s thinned/ ruined

A

paper thinned by age or touching

45
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TISSUE-

compares it to human body

A

thinned and transparent

turned into your skin