Poetry Anthology Flashcards
Quotes, context etc to memorise
Ozymandias first line
I met a traveller from an antique land
Ozymandias last line
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
London first line
I wander through each chartered street
London last line
And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.
Extract from, The Prelude first line
One summer evening (led by her) I found
Extract from, The Prelude last line
By day, and were a trouble to my dreams.
My Last Duchess first line
That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,
My Last Duchess last line
Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!
My last Duchess structure
- circular
- dramatic monologue, narrative poem
- first person
Extract from, The Prelude structure
Nothing snazzy, 3 sections, regular rhythm talking to us, no rhyme
London structure
4 stanzas, 4 lines each, dramatic monologue, structure may show relentlessness of sadness and how it’s repeats on and on, and may also show through how planned it is that the institutions continue the problem, regular rhyme scheme
Ozymandias structure
Sonnet, irregular rhyme scheme showing how easily things destroyed, first person anecdotal
The Charge of the Light Brigade first line
Half a league, half a league
Charge of the light brigade last line
Noble six hundred!
Exposure first line
Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knives us…
Exposure last line
But nothing happens.
Storm on the Island first line
We are prepared: we build our houses squat.
Storm on the island last line
Strange, it is a huge nothing we fear.
Bayonet Charge first line
Suddenly, he awoke and was running - raw
Bayonet charge last line
His terror’s touchy dynamite.
Remains first line
On another occasion, we get sent out
Remains last line
his bloody life in my bloody hands.
Poppies first line
Three days before Armistice Sunday
Poppies last line
your playground voice catching on the wind.
War Photographer first line
In his darkroom he is finally alone
War Photographer last line
he earns his living and they do not care.
Tissue first line
Paper that lets the light
Tissue last line
turned into your skin.
The Emigrée first line
There once was a country … I left it as a child
The emigrée last line
and my
Check out me history first line
Dem tell me
Check out me history last line
I carved out me identity
Kamikaze first line
Her father embarked at sunrise
Kamikaze last line
which had been the better way to die
The Charge of the Light Brigade structure
6 stanzas, a few rhymes, repetition
Exposure structure
8 stanzas, same structure of 5 lines, each ending with a half line, order is controlled like they’re following orders and repetitiveness. Has para-rhyme causing discomfort as it doesn’t quite flow (interrupts)
Storm on the Island structure
No stanzas, iambic pentameter except on last line showing relfect on events, overwhelmed by events even though it’s over.
Bayonet charge structure
3 stanzas, their person but still shows what it’s like in his head, no rhyme scheme shows lack of control making it seem more natural with no time to consider due to pace
Remains structure
8 stanzas, first 7 are 4 lines last is 2 lines, fairly nonchalant toll stanza 5 with mood shift, long clause across the last 3 stanzas make reader out of breath and uncomfortable want it to end like he does
Poppies structure
4 stanzas, no rhymes, foreshadowing, semantic field of textiles
War Photographer structure
Third person so doesn’t show him complaining, 4 stanzas each 6 limes, organised like his spools creating order out of chaos, circular structure as cycle never ends
Tissue structure
10 stanzas each 4 lines expect last one with a single line stanza drawing focus, order shows repetitiveness of life
The Emigrée structure
3 stanzas each 8 lines last 9 lines, starts like a tale
Checking out me history structure
Uses free verse form, uses rythms and dialects of Caribbean b
Checking out me history structure
Uses free verse form, uses rythms and dialects of Caribbean b
Kamikaze structure
7 stanzas each with 6 lines, like the structure of a pilot except he broke away from it but his family stuff tire isn’t broken. Third season to ditatch from story and family repsonsi still acted like he wasresponsibilities, first person talking to her children and showing closeness to father
