Poetry

Question 1

What is the purpose of the charge of the light brigade

Answer 1

Glorify war

Question 2

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

Answer 2

It uses religious imagery

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What does the title the charge of the light brigade suggest

Answer 5

Vulnerability and unpreparedness as the brigade is ‘lightly’ armed

Question 6

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

Answer 6

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

Question 7

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

Answer 7

That there sacrifice was important and everyone was thinking of them

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

“There’s but to do or die”

Question 10

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

Answer 10

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

Question 11

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

Answer 11

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

Question 12

What are the effects of the plosives in Bayonet charge.

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Context: What is the purpose of Bayonet charge

Answer 13

To show the effects of war on nature

Question 14

How does Bayonet charge link to war photographer

Answer 14

Both use biblical imagery

Question 15

Give a quote that is a biblical reference in Bayonet charge

Answer 15

“Was he the hand pointing that second”

Question 16

What is the purpose of the caesuras in bayonet charge

Answer 16

Represents the disconnected and troubled thoughts of the persona

Question 17

What is a key theme in bayonet charge

Answer 17

Patriotism

Question 18

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

Answer 18

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

Question 19

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

Answer 19

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

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The persona is distressed

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Injury

Question 22

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

Answer 22

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

Question 23

What type of poem is the charge of the light brigade

Answer 23

Epic poem

Question 24

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

Answer 24

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

Question 25

What is the significance of pronouns in poppies

Answer 25

Emphasise that she is alone

Question 26

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

Answer 26

The mother’s grief and distress.

Question 27

What type of poem is poppies

Answer 27

Dramatic monologue

Question 28

Give a quote from poppies that shows the theme of patriotism

Answer 28

“A split second and you were away,intoxicated”

Question 29

Why is stanza 4 of poppies ambiguous?

Answer 29

Jane weir wants the reader to come to their own conclusion

Question 30

What inspired the poem “poppies”

Answer 30

Susan owen, mother of Wilfred Owen

Question 31

What form are the stanzas in remains

Answer 31

Quadrate stanzas

Question 32

How does the poem remains start

Answer 32

In media res

Question 33

What is the significance of colloquial language in remains

Answer 33

Presents the idea of humans becoming desensitised to war

Question 34

Give a quote from remains that shows the soldier experiences PTSD

Answer 34

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

Question 35

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

Answer 35

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

Question 36

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

Answer 36

“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else”

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Religion

Question 38

Give a quote that shows religious imagery in war photographer

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

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

Question 40

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

Answer 40

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

Question 41

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

Answer 41

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

Question 42

What is the significance of war photographers ordered stanza lengths

Answer 42

Juxtaposes the poems chaotic, disturbing atmosphere

Question 43

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

Answer 43

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

Question 44

Analyse the quote “full of powerful incantations” from kamikaze

Answer 44

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

Question 45

What are the effects of Sibilance in kamikaze

Answer 45

Mimic the sounds of the see, creating stronger imagery

Question 46

Give a quote from kamikaze that shows the effects of conflict

Answer 46

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

Question 47

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

Answer 47

The pilots sacrifice would be celebrated

Question 48

What form of poem is Kamikaze

Answer 48

Narrative poem

Question 49

What is the significance of the stanza lengths in kamikaze

Answer 49

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

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Emphasises how fast the pilots mind is racing

Question 51

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

Answer 51

Decay

Question 52

What type of poem is ozymandias

Answer 52

Sonnet

Question 53

How many narrators in ozymandias

Answer 53

3

Question 54

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

Answer 54

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

Question 55

What does ozymandias translate to

Answer 55

Ruler of air

Question 56

Why did Percy Shelley write ozymandias

Answer 56

To show that nature is more powerful than ruthless leaders

Question 57

Give a quote from ozymandias that shows irony

Answer 57

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

Question 58

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

Answer 58

“I am ozymandias, King of Kings”