Poetry Flashcards

1
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Give 2 Structure examples for A poison Tree

A

1st Person

Rhythmical/Childlike

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Give 2 examples of 1st person use in A poison tree

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“I was angry”

“my foe”

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3
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Give 2 Structure examples for The Destruction of Sennacherib

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Rhyming Cuplets

Anaphora

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4
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What is the key idea about War in War Photographer

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Different perceptions based on the part of the world one lives in or where one is in the world

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What is compared to the girl in a war zone in War Photographer

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“sun-glided girls”

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What is the main idea about war in Exposure

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Morale and mental suffering of soldiers

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What is the key, repeated, quote regarding thinking in Exposure

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“But nothing happens”

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What is the key idea about war in Charge of a Light Brigade

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Heroism of soldiers - they ride into battle knowing they’re going to die

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What is the key idea about war in The man he killed

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That two men who fight against each other would be friends in circumstances other than war

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10
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Finish the quote from War photographer

“The reassurance of the…

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…frame is flexible”

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Finish the quote from War photographer

“If the picture such as lifts hearts…

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…the firm edges can convince you this is how things are”

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12
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Finish the quote from War photographer

“I took a pair of…

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..peach, sun-glided girls”

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13
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Finish the quote from War photographer

“Instinct prevailing …

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…she dropped her burden”

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14
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Finish the quote from Charge of the Light Brigade

“Boldly they rode and well into…

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the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell”

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15
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Finish the quote from Charge of the Light Brigade

“The they rode back but..

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..not the six-hundred”

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16
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Finish the quote from Charge of the Light Brigade

“Honour the charge they made!..

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..Honour the Light Brigade! Noble six-hundred”

17
Q

Finish the quote from Charge of the Light Brigade

“Valley of ..

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.. death”

18
Q

Finish the quote from The Man He Killed

I shot him dead because…

A

…he was my foe”

19
Q

Finish the quote from The Man He Killed

“Curious..

A

..war is”

20
Q

Finish the quote from The Man He Killed

“You shoot a fellow down you’d treat if met..

A

..where any bar is”

21
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“Our brains ache in the…

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…merciless iced east winds that knive us”

22
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“But nothing…

A

…happens”

23
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“Sudden successive flights of …

A

…bullets streak the silence”

24
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“We turn back to..

A

…our dying”

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What is the destruction of sennacherib about
Byron biblical interpretation of when the Assyrians tried to take over Jerusalem and God's roff killed them in their sleep to protect holy people
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What is a structural point for the Destruction
Anapaestic pentameter with 4 anapestics per stanza to create horse galloping sound