Poems - War and Conflict

Question 1

What format is Ozymandias in?

Answer 1

Petrarchan sonnet, however the structure is abab which differs from Petrarchans usual structure (abba)

Question 2

What is iambic pentameter?

Answer 2

When the verses are stressed, unstressed

Question 3

What is the main theme of Ozymandias

Answer 3

That people cannot impose order on time and nature, as this tyrants statue has crumbled

Question 4

Ozymandias suggests that power is……

Answer 4

Ephemeral

Question 5

Lots of sibilance means…

Answer 5

sinister undertone as he was evil and arrogant

Question 6

Where is the repetition in London and what does it create?

Answer 6

Chartered, marks, in every. It creates a sense of confinement. The poem is also written in strict four line stanzas

Question 7

Mind forged manacles - connotations surrounding this?

Answer 7

Chains/restrictions, refers to the Industrial Revolution and their mental state

Question 8

Runs in blood down palace walls - connotations surrounding this?

Answer 8

Blaming the rich for the state the poor are in, suggesting that they are responsible and the blood is on their hands

Question 9

Marriage hearse- what is this an example of?

Answer 9

Oxymoron

Question 10

Blasts, blights, plagues - same word family. What do they mean?

Answer 10

Blasts - shoots Blights- Damaged/spoiled
Plague - disease

Question 11

In the prelude there is lots of personification of nature. True or false?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

‘Glittering idly in the moon’ ‘Sparkling light’ - what are these examples of?

Answer 12

Powerful imagery

Question 13

In the Prelude, he is in control until…

Answer 13

…he sees a mountain, then he feels lost and scared so he rows back. It continues to trouble him.

Question 14

What is the main theme of the Prelude

Answer 14

The power and immense beauty of nature

Question 15

Stealth, stole, silent, covert. What do these words in the Prelude suggest

Answer 15

He is being quiet and sneaky

Question 16

What is the structure of My Last Duchess

Answer 16

Dramatic monologue, iambic pentameter with enjambement and rhyming couplets

Question 17

What words in My Last Duchess convey her innocence?

Answer 17

Joy, half flush, blush

Question 18

Summarise My Last Duchess.

Answer 18

The man is talking about a painting of his ex wife and he explains how she was easily pleased and liked the simple things in life. He didn’t like this and became jealous. He didn’t know how to tell her not to, so it is implied he killed her. The poem then reverts quickly back to the conversation

Question 19

True or false? The duke never reveals his weaknesses during the poem My Last Duchess

Answer 19

False! He reveals them sometimes by use of parenthesis, as if he is trying to be careful not to give much away

Question 20

What is possessive about this poem?

Answer 20

MY last duchess, he is the only one who can draw the curtain over the painting (still trying to control her!)

Question 21

What are the themes of Storm on the Island?

Answer 21

Defiance, fear in the mind, isolation, power of nature

Question 22

True or false - Storm on the Island uses violent verbs and descriptive language

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What does the writer of Storm on the Island do to show inclusivity?

Answer 23

He says ‘we’ or ‘you’, never ‘I’

Question 24

What kind of language is used towards the end of the poem? (SOTI)

Answer 24

Military language - Dives, strafes, bombarded

Question 25

Where is the oxymoron in Storm on the Island

Answer 25

Exploding comfortably