Poetry 3 quotes per poem (15) complete Flashcards
“Ozymandias” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“sneer of cold command”
“Colossal wreck”
“Vast”, “trunkless”, “stone” And…
“King of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty”
Alliteration, sculptor understood arrogance of the ruler
Semantic fields
1=size and broken
2=power+greatness
Metaphor, representing Ozymandias’s ego, how big it is
What are the three quotes for “Ozymandias” and put them in the correct order.
Alliteration = “sneer of cold command”
Semantic fields:
“Vast”, “trunkless”, “stone”
“King of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty”
Metaphor = “colossal wreck”
“London” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe” And…
“Every” repeated 3 times
“The mind-forged manacles I hear”
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
Repetition, feeling of bleakness and no hope
Alliteration, despair affects everyone and there’s no relief
Metaphor (+Alliteration), people are trapped in every way, even by thoughts and attitudes
What are the three quotes for “London” and what order
Repetition:
“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“Every” repeated 3 times
Alliteration = “Marks of weakness, marks of woe”
Metaphor (+Alliteration) = “The mind-forged manacles I hear”
“Extract from, the Prelude” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Elfin pinnace”
“Upreared it’s head”
“Struck, struck, stature, shape, stars, still, so, seemed”
Personification, mountain personified as an ugly image contrasting with earlier beautiful images
Metaphor, scene seems magical –> fantastical language
Repetition (+Sibilance), creates sinister mood, narrator perceives mountain to be getting bigger
What are the three quotes for “Extract from, the Prelude” and what order
Personification = “Upreared it’s head”
Metaphor = “Elfin pinnace”
Repetition (+Sibilance) = “Struck, struck, stature, shape, stars, still, so, seemed”
“My Last Duchess” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together”
“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”
“That spot of joy”
Repetition, hinting his wife really bothers him.
Major theme he believes his family heritage should be respected. (Could drop in when talking about context.)
Imperative verbs, when using a phrase that could be a potential euphemism for his wife’s death.
What are the three quotes for “My Last Duchess” and what order
Repetition = “That spot of joy”
“My gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name”
Imperative verbs (+Euphemism) = “I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together”
“The Charge of the Light Brigade” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Six hundred”
“Into the valley of Death”
“Volley’d and thunder’d”
Repetition, the last line of each stanza emphasises how the battle went, and how it changed throughout.
Onomatopoeia, to portray the power of the battle.
Metaphor, emphasising the danger the Light Brigade were in.
What are the three quotes for “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and what order
Repetition = “Six hundred”
Onomatopoeia = “Volley’d and thunder’d”
Metaphor = “Into the valley of Death”
“Exposure” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Flowing flakes that flock”
“But nothing happens.”
“Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
Personification, nature is repeatedly personified making it seem the real enemy in War.
Alliteration, to empahsise the relentlessness of the snow.
Repetition, questioning why they are there, itroduces self-doubt.
What are the three quotes for “Exposure” and what order
Personification = “Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
Alliteration = “Flowing flakes that flock”
Repetition = “But nothing happens.”
“Storm on the Island” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“It is a huge nothing that we fear”
“Exploding comfortably”
“Blast, pummels, Exploding, strafes, salvo, bombarded”
Semantic field of Warfare suggesting how nature is overpowering humans.
Oxymoron, cleverly juxtaposing feelings of safety and fear
Paradox, contrast between huge nothing - alludes to a key message: THE POWERLESS OF HUMANITY AGAINST THE NATURAL WORLD.
What are the three quotes for “Storm on the Island” and what order
Semantic field = “Blast, pummels, Exploding, strafes, salvo, bombarded”
Oxymoron = “Exploding comfortably”
Paradox = “It is a huge nothing that we fear”
“Bayonet Charge” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
“Like a man… / Listening between his footfalls for the reason / of his still running.”
“Cold clockwork”
Onomatopoeia (+Simile), leaving the reader with connotations of injury
Alliteration, in this case could suggest how humans are clockwork - and should be next to die
Simile, creates a feeling of sheer terror of war –> suggests there is no rational reason for war.
What are the three quotes for “Bayonet Charge” and what order
Onomatopoeia (+Simile) = “He lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
Alliteration = “Cold clockwork”
Simile = “Like a man… / Listening between his footfalls for the reason / of his still running.”
“Remains” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Probably armed, Possibly not”
“Dug in behind enemy line”
“Rips through his life- / I see broad daylight on the other side”
Repetition (+Plosive sounds), shows that he is replaying the event in his mind hinting inner turmoil + reflecting the way that the killing is repeated in the speaker’s mind.
Metaphor, compares how the memory of bullets ripping through a man’s body to a soldier in a tench.
Hyperbole (+Onomatopoeia), this grotesque exaggerated image emphasises how this sight could stay with him for the rest of his life.
What are the three quotes for “Remains” and what order
Repetition (+Plosive sounds) = “Probably armed, Possibly not”
Metaphor = “Dug in behind enemy line”
Hyperbole = “Rips through his life- / I see broad daylight on the other side”
“Poppies” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Hoping to hear”
“Released a song bird from it’s cage”
“Like a treasure chest”
Simile, showing words from son’s perspective - sounds excited, but potentially misguided.
Metaphor, connoting her son is like a beautiful caged creature –> how he has been set free.
Alliteration, reader feels sympathy for the mother as she seems very isolated.
What are the three quotes for “Poppies” and what order
Simile = “Like a treasure chest”
Metaphor = “Released a song bird from it’s cage”
Alliteration = “Hoping to hear”
“War Photographer” four techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“As though this were a church and he / a priest preparing to intone a Mass.”
“Tears between bath and pre-lunch beers”
“A hundred agonies in black-and-white”
“Sunday’s supplement”
Simile, to portray religious imagery which shows the seriousness of his work
Emotive metaphor, describes his photos, reader could have sympathy as it seems like a very stressful job.
Assonant ‘e’ sounds, internal rhyme emphasises how quickly these feeling of sympathy go away
Sibilance (+Plosive sounds), frustration these photos don’t feature in the newspaper.
What are the four quotes for “War Photographer” and what order
Simile = “As though this were a church and he / a priest preparing to intone a Mass.”
Emotive metaphor = “A hundred agonies in black-and-white”
Assonant ‘e’ sounds = “Tears between bath and pre-lunch beers”
Sibilance (+Plosive sounds) = “Sunday’s supplement”
“Tissue” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Might fly our lives like paper kites”
“Pages smoothed and stroked and turned”
“Maps too…”
“The marks that rivers make, roads, railtracks”
Repetition, of “and” suggests pages are treated with respect and affection. –> Gentle verbs
Alliteration, juxtaposing line of the stanza and creates a flowing effect/sense of freedom.
Simile, judging by the rest of the stanza, hints how out lives can be controlled by money.
What are the three quotes for “Tissue” and what order
Repetition = “Pages smoothed and stroked and turned”
Alliteration =
“Maps too…”
“The marks that rivers make, roads, railtracks”
Simile = “Might fly our lives like paper kites”
“The Emigree” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
“They accuse me”
“As time rolls its tanks / and the frontiers rise between us, close like waves”
Repetition (+Juxtaposition), highlighting the final line of the first stanza
Personification, time is the enemy but it can’t affect the speaker’s memories
Repetition, signals her anger towards these tyrants, but also the threat they pose.
What are the three quotes for “The Emigree” and what order
Repetition (+Juxtaposition) = “I am branded by an impression of sunlight”
Personification = “As time rolls its tanks / and the frontiers rise between us, close like waves”
Repetition = “They accuse me”
“Checking out me History” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“I carving out me own identity”
“Dem tell me”
“Blind me to me own identity”
Repetition, throughout the poem creates a sense of them and us. Emphasising the separateness of the British Education system and himself
Metaphor, not allowing him to see his own identity.
Violent verb, suggesting anger towards the British Education system for being arrogant.
What are the three quotes for “Checking out me History” and what order
Repetition = “Dem tell me”
Metaphor = “Blind me to me own identity”
Violent verb = “I carving out me own identity”
“Kamikaze” three techniques from these quotes which are in no particular order.
“Enough fuel for a one-way journey into history”
“green-blue translucent sea”
“arching in swathes”
“shoals of fishes”
“silver” “swivelled” “sun”
“At the little fishing boats / strung out like bunting”
Metaphorical hyperbole, the reason he was doing this duty. He would go down as a hero to the Japanese.
Simile, this was the turning point. Where the pilot succumbed to the power of nature.
Semantic field, the pilot sees sea life and life begins to flood back to him.
What are the three quotes for “Kamikaze” and what order
Metaphor (+Hyperbole) = “Enough fuel for a one-way journey into history”
Simile = “At the little fishing boats / strung out like bunting”
Semantic field: "green-blue translucent sea" "arching in swathes" "shoals of fishes" "silver" "swivelled" "sun"
