Poetry Flashcards

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1
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Give 2 Structure examples for A poison Tree

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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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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…

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…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..

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..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…

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…happens”

23
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“Sudden successive flights of …

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…bullets streak the silence”

24
Q

Finish the quote from Exposure

“We turn back to..

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…our dying”

25
Q

What is the destruction of sennacherib about

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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

26
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What is a structural point for the Destruction

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Anapaestic pentameter with 4 anapestics per stanza to create horse galloping sound