Poetry

Question 1

Who wrote “If”?

Answer 1

Rudyard Kipling

Question 2

“If”
Stanza 1
Reminds reader of the importance of maintaining a level head even when others are panicking

Answer 2

“If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you”

Question 3

“If”
Stanza 1
Emphasises the importance of self trust but also taking the opinions of others into account
- duality

Answer 3

“If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too”

Question 4

“If”
Stanza 2
Learning from both success and failure but not letting either go to your head
- capitalisation of Triumph and Disaster

Answer 4

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same”

Question 5

“If”
Stanza 3
Even if you fail your life’s mission, start again and don’t dwell on your loss

Answer 5

“And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;”

Question 6

“If”
Stanza 4
It does not matter who you are with; treat people of all classes and backgrounds equally, with kindness.

Answer 6

“If you can talk with crowds and not lose your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,”

Question 7

“If”
stanza 4
Advises the reader to use up every ounce of time they have and not waste it on useless things

Answer 7

“If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of distance run,”

Question 8

“If”
Stanza 4
The result of following these rules is finally revealed
- capitalisation of Man

Answer 8

“Yours is the Earth and everything in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man, my son!”

Question 9

“If”
Themes

Answer 9

Success
Identity
Passion
Hope

Question 10

“If”
Feelings/emotions

Answer 10

Confidence
Compassion
Passion

Question 11

“If”
Structure

Answer 11

• 4 stanzas of equal length
• Each stanza follows an ababcdcd rhyme structure
• iambic

Question 12

“If”
Techniques

Answer 12

• repetition of ‘If’
  -enjambement (cutting off a line before its natural stopping point
• capitalisation of certain words e.g. Triumph, Disaster, Man

Question 13

Who is “stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by?

Answer 13

Robert Frost

Question 14

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Themes

Answer 14

Rest
Beauty of Nature
Well-being

Question 15

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Poetic devices

Answer 15

Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Enjambement

Question 16

Who wrote “An Irish Airman foresees his death”?

Answer 16

William Butler Yeats

Question 17

“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
Describes the pointlessness of war

Answer 17

“No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.”

Question 18

“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
End of thought process / end of life

hint- breath

Answer 18

“The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
In balance with this life, this death”

Question 19

“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
Removing emotion
Speaker predicts his death

Answer 19

“I know I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;”

Question 19

“An Irish Airman foresees his death”
The Irish experience

Answer 19

“My country is Kiltartan’s Cross,
My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,”

Question 20

Who wrote “Funeral Blues”?

Answer 20

W.H. Auden

Question 21

“Funeral Blues”
Rhyming Scheme

Answer 21

AA, BB, CC, DD etc..

Question 22

“Funeral Blues”
Stanza 3
Metaphor
Theme of Grief + Lost Love

Answer 22

“He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,”

Question 23

“Funeral Blues”
Stanza four
Hyperbole
Theme of Anger

Answer 23

“The stars are not wanted now; put out every one.”

Question 24

“Funeral Blues”
Stanza one
Metaphor
Theme of Death

Answer 24

“Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.”
can be used as metaphor
=> death of romantic relationship (not person)

Question 25

“Funeral Blues”
Themes

Answer 25

Grief
Death
Lost Love
Anger

Question 26

“Funeral Blues”
Stanza four
Imagery
Theme of Grief

Answer 26

“Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,”

Question 27

“Funeral Blues”
Stanza one
Symbolism
Theme of Grief

Answer 27

“Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,”

Clocks => request to stop time itself
Telephone => modern life + business

Question 28

Who wrote “Dulce et Decorum Est”?

Answer 28

Wilfred Owen

Question 29

“Dulce et Décorum est”
Theme of war
Stanza 1

Answer 29

“Men marched asleep”
“Drunk with fatigue”
Soldiers are like zombies

Question 30

“Dulce et Decorum est”
Theme of death + cruelty of war
Stanza 2

Answer 30

“As under a green sea I saw him drowning”

Question 31

Dulce et Decorum
Stanza 3
Theme of Death + Cruelty of war
Sub-theme Honour

Answer 31

“Dulce et Decorum est Pro patria mori”
It is sweet and proper to die for one’s country
Is war necessary?
Is it really sweet to die in such a way?

Question 32

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Rhyming scheme

Answer 32

AABA, CCDC, EEFE

Question 33

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Stanza 2
Love of animals (just incase)

Answer 33

“My little horse must think is queer to stop without a farmhouse near”

Question 34

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Stanza 4

Answer 34

“The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep”

Question 35

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Stanza 1

Answer 35

“He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.”