poetry Flashcards
who wrote kamikaze
beatrice garland
nature topic
exposure
kamikaze
storm on the island
ptsd
exposure
remains
war photographer
honour
cotlb
kamikaze
violence
cotlb
remains
futility
bayonet charge
cotlb
exposure
remains
kamikaze
effects of war
poppies
effects of war
war photographer
kamikaze
kamikaze structure
• 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
kamikaze quotes (6)
“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”
kamikaze context
garland has and promotes westernised view- directly criticising japanese culture rather than exploring either views
who wrote war photographer
carol ann duffy
war photographer structure
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
war photographer quotes
“belfast. beruit. phnom penh.” plosive- contrast from orderly to gunfire. caesura - stop and mourn for each
war photographer quotes
“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”
war photographer overall message
criticising how we dont have grips on actualy reality of war
war photographer context
duffy was friends with war photographers
who wrote poppies
jane weir
poppies context
weir is a textile designer
refers to it to try to make sense or bring comfort to the grief
structure poppies
free verse, varied stanza length, enjambment, caesura. very chaotic structure - grief cannot be organised - ever changing
long stanza: trying to stay in past
poppies quotes
“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
who wrote remains
simon armitage
remains context
true story
guardsman troman: iraq 2003
who wrote exposure
wilfred owen
who wrote cotlb
alfred lord tennyson
corlb structure
6 stanzas : represents the refrain of poem: 600. the dactylic dimeter quickens the pace of poem, shows how easily the 600 fall.
cotlb quote
“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
