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What is the purpose of the charge of the light brigade

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Glorify war

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How does the charge of the light brigade link to war photographer

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It uses religious imagery

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How does the charge of the light brigade link to bayonet charge

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The persona is anonymous meaning it’s possible for it to relate to any war
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They both show war is chaotic
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They both show war is glorified

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Context: What is the charge of the light brigade based on

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A real battle in the Crimean war (battle of balaclava)

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What does the title the charge of the light brigade suggest

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Vulnerability and unpreparedness as the brigade is ‘lightly’ armed

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Give a quote from the charge of the light brigade that suggests the poem is glorifying war

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“Honour the light brigade,// noble six hundred!”

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What does the quote “all the world wonder’d” from the charge of the light brigade suggest

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That there sacrifice was important and everyone was thinking of them

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Why is it significant that we don’t hear of the enemy until line 34 in the charge of the light brigade

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The poem is focused on the soldiers sacrifice and maintaining a feeling of patriotism in the reader

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What quote from the charge of the light brigade reveals the power of man

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“There’s but to do or die”

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what is the effect of repetition in the charge of the light brigade

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Emphasises the violence and aggression the soldiers face
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Mimics the sounds of war (generals shouting orders)

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Give an example of repetition in the charge of the light brigade

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“Canon to the right of them,// canon to the left of them,// cannon behind them”

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What are the effects of the plosives in Bayonet charge.

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They create a loud and aggressive poem that replicates the sound/atmosphere of war

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Context: What is the purpose of Bayonet charge

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To show the effects of war on nature

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How does Bayonet charge link to war photographer

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Both use biblical imagery

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Give a quote that is a biblical reference in Bayonet charge

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“Was he the hand pointing that second”

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What is the purpose of the caesuras in bayonet charge

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Represents the disconnected and troubled thoughts of the persona

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What is a key theme in bayonet charge

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Patriotism

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Give a quote from bayonet charge that shows the soldiers loss of patriotism

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“King, honour, human dignity, etcetera// dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm

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Give a quote that shows the soldiers feeling of betrayal in bayonet charge

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“The patriotic tear… sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest”

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What does the incorrect syntax in the quote “spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade//“ from Poppies suggest

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The persona is distressed

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In Poppies, what are the words “graves”, “spasms”, “bandaged” a semantic field of

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Injury

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What is the significance of the line lengths in the charge of the light brigade

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They are all similar lengths showing that the soldiers are being controlled

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What type of poem is the charge of the light brigade

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Epic poem

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What’s the significance of the stanza lengths in bayonet charge

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The 2nd stanza is shorter than the others when the poem slows down

25
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What is the significance of pronouns in poppies

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Emphasise that she is alone

26
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What is the metaphor “all my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt” symbolising?

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The mother’s grief and distress.

27
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What type of poem is poppies

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Dramatic monologue

28
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Give a quote from poppies that shows the theme of patriotism

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“A split second and you were away,intoxicated”

29
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Why is stanza 4 of poppies ambiguous?

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Jane weir wants the reader to come to their own conclusion

30
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What inspired the poem “poppies”

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Susan owen, mother of Wilfred Owen

31
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What form are the stanzas in remains

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Quadrate stanzas

32
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How does the poem remains start

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In media res

33
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What is the significance of colloquial language in remains

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Presents the idea of humans becoming desensitised to war

34
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Give a quote from remains that shows the soldier experiences PTSD

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“But I blink// and he bursts again through the doors of the bank”

35
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Give a quote form remains that shows the soldier is desensitised to war

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“He’s there on the ground, sort of inside out” because the voice creates a euphemism

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Give a quote from remains that shows the idea soldiers are “throw away”

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“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else”

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What are the verbs ‘church’ ‘priest’ and ‘mass’ from war photographer a semantic field of

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Religion

38
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Give a quote that shows religious imagery in war photographer

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“Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass”

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What does the quote “ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel” from war photographer suggest

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The photographer is dismissing everyone else’s struggles
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Everyone else is desensitised to war

40
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Give a quote from war photographer that suggest the persona has PTSD

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“He remembers the cries”
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“His hands that didn’t shake then but do now”

41
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What is the significance that the war photographer pictures are shown in the Sunday supplemement

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Suggests his work is unimportant and the world has become desensitised to war

42
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What is the significance of war photographers ordered stanza lengths

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Juxtaposes the poems chaotic, disturbing atmosphere

43
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Give a quote from kamikaze that shows the Volta of the poem

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“A tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous”

44
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Analyse the quote “full of powerful incantations” from kamikaze

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Suggests the pilot has been brainwashed by those more powerful than him

45
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What are the effects of Sibilance in kamikaze

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Mimic the sounds of the see, creating stronger imagery

46
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Give a quote from kamikaze that shows the effects of conflict

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“He must of wondered which had been the better way to die”

47
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What does the simile “strung out like bunting” from kamikaze suggest

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The pilots sacrifice would be celebrated

48
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What form of poem is Kamikaze

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Narrative poem

49
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What is the significance of the stanza lengths in kamikaze

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They’re are all uniform representing the regiments of the army or to juxtapose the pilots thoughts

50
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What’s the significance of the enjambment and lack of punctuation in Kamikaze

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Emphasises how fast the pilots mind is racing

51
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In the poem ozymandias, what are the words “trunkless”, “shattered” and “antique” a semantic field of

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Decay

52
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What type of poem is ozymandias

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Sonnet

53
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How many narrators in ozymandias

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3

54
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In the poem ozymandias, what is the rhyme scheme and what does it suggest

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Very irregular which breaks sonnet rules and shows that Ramses II thought he was more powerful than rules

55
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What does ozymandias translate to

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Ruler of air

56
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Why did Percy Shelley write ozymandias

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To show that nature is more powerful than ruthless leaders

57
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Give a quote from ozymandias that shows irony

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“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!”

58
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Give a quote from ozymandias that shows the arrogance of Ramses II

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“I am ozymandias, King of Kings”

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