Poetry Flashcards
Quotes from “If” , “Stopping By The Woods On A Snowy Evening’ & idk
Who wrote “If”?
Rudyard Kipling
“If”
Stanza 1
Reminds reader of the importance of maintaining a level head even when others are panicking
“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you”
“If”
Stanza 1
Emphasises the importance of self trust but also taking the opinions of others into account
- duality
“If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too”
“If”
Stanza 2
Learning from both success and failure but not letting either go to your head
- capitalisation of Triumph and Disaster
“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same”
“If”
Stanza 3
Even if you fail your life’s mission, start again and don’t dwell on your loss
“And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;”
“If”
Stanza 4
It does not matter who you are with; treat people of all classes and backgrounds equally, with kindness.
“If you can talk with crowds and not lose your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,”
“If”
stanza 4
Advises the reader to use up every ounce of time they have and not waste it on useless things
“If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,”
“If”
Stanza 4
The result of following these rules is finally revealed
- capitalisation of Man
“Yours is the Earth and everything in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!”
“If”
Themes
Success
Identity
Passion
Hope
“If”
Feelings/emotions
Confidence
Compassion
Passion
“If”
Structure
- 4 stanzas of equal length
- Each stanza follows an ababcdcd rhyme structure
- iambic
“If”
Techniques
- repetition of ‘If’
-enjambement (cutting off a line before its natural stopping point - capitalisation of certain words e.g. Triumph, Disaster, Man
Who is “stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by?
Robert Frost
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Themes
Rest
Beauty of Nature
Well-being
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Poetic devices
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Enjambement
Who wrote “An Irish Airman foresees his death”?
William Butler Yeats
“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
Describes the pointlessness of war
“No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.”
“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
End of thought process / end of life
hint- breath
“The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death”
“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
Removing emotion
Speaker predicts his death
“I know I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;”
“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
The Irish experience
“My country is Kiltartan’s Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,”
Who wrote “Funeral Blues”?
W.H. Auden
“Funeral Blues”
Rhyming Scheme
AA, BB, CC, DD etc..
“Funeral Blues”
Stanza 3
Metaphor
Theme of Grief + Lost Love
“He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,”
“Funeral Blues”
Stanza four
Hyperbole
Theme of Anger
“The stars are not wanted now; put out every one.”
