poetry

Question 1

who wrote kamikaze

Answer 1

beatrice garland

Question 2

nature topic

Answer 2

exposure
kamikaze
storm on the island

Question 3

ptsd

Answer 3

exposure
remains
war photographer

Question 4

honour

Answer 4

cotlb
kamikaze

Question 5

violence

Answer 5

cotlb
remains

Question 6

futility

Answer 6

bayonet charge
cotlb
exposure
remains
kamikaze

Question 7

effects of war

Answer 7

poppies
effects of war
war photographer
kamikaze

Question 8

kamikaze structure

Answer 8

• tight structure - tight control of military and national expectation of what soldier should do
• contrastingly: free verse & enjambment.
• contrast of tight and free shows freedom of expression, reflects freedom that pilot wants AND conflict between personal needs and national duty

Question 9

kamikaze quotes (6)

Answer 9

“a tuna, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous” first full stop
“a shaven head full of powerful incantations”
“little fishing boats strung out like bunting”
fish swim in “figure of eight” (infinite-always be war” and “flashing silver” (medals - glorification)
“we too learned to be silent”
“which had been the better way to die”

Question 10

kamikaze context

Answer 10

garland has and promotes westernised view- directly criticising japanese culture rather than exploring either views

Question 11

who wrote war photographer

Answer 11

carol ann duffy

Question 12

war photographer structure

Answer 12

very orderly- trying to impose control over chaos - nothing changes —> efforts for control are futile. trying to make a change, simply carries on —> how easily public forgets

caesura “. rural england.” separation: how easily we separate from struggles

the readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers
internal rhyme “tears” “beers”. only time the rhyming pattern changes: changes the pace - shows how fast people forget/ignore

cyclical - futility. what is his entire life is other peoples two second glimpse

Question 13

war photographer quotes

Answer 13

“belfast. beruit. phnom penh.” plosive- contrast from orderly to gunfire. caesura - stop and mourn for each

Question 14

war photographer quotes

Answer 14

“belfast. beruit. phnom penh.” plosive- contrast from orderly to gunfire. caesura - stop and mourn for each

“spools of suffering set out in ordered rows” - ordered rows alludes to graveyard, trying to impose control

“half formed ghost” - not only present violence of war and theme of photo development. - half formed, does not have own individuality, cannot even mourn for this soldier as they are unidentifiable, so many dishonoured soldiers

“the readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre lunch beers”

Question 15

war photographer overall message

Answer 15

criticising how we dont have grips on actualy reality of war

Question 16

war photographer context

Answer 16

duffy was friends with war photographers

Question 17

who wrote poppies

Answer 17

jane weir

Question 18

poppies context

Answer 18

weir is a textile designer
refers to it to try to make sense or bring comfort to the grief

Question 19

structure poppies

Answer 19

free verse, varied stanza length, enjambment, caesura. very chaotic structure - grief cannot be organised - ever changing
long stanza: trying to stay in past

Question 20

poppies quotes

Answer 20

“all my words, flattened, rolled, turned into felt, ——— slowly melting” between stanza: physically breaking down

“sellotape bandages around my hand” she is trying to remember tender moments but cannot keep violence oht of mind : disruptive

“to run my fingers through the gelled blackthorns of your hair”
- blackthorns - barbed wire. gelled - trying to make pain look presentable - a tender memory is painful in remembrance
- blackthorns: biblical reference to jesus thorned crown. soldier believes he is heroic, doing gods work

“leaned against it like a wishbone”
simile- wishing for son to return.
-fragility: mothers fragility. she could break at any moment- unsure of how she will turn out

Question 21

who wrote remains

Answer 21

simon armitage

Question 22

remains context

Answer 22

true story
guardsman troman: iraq 2003

Question 23

who wrote exposure

Answer 23

wilfred owen

Question 24

who wrote cotlb

Answer 24

alfred lord tennyson

Question 25

corlb structure

Answer 25

6 stanzas : represents the refrain of poem: 600. the dactylic dimeter quickens the pace of poem, shows how easily the 600 fall.

Question 26

cotlb quote

Answer 26

“some one had blunder’d”.
- break in dactylic dimeter emphasises “blundered” - direct criticism to leadership error that led to suicide mission.
- regular pace carries on after- higlights the valiance of the soldiers to carry on