Poetry Antholygy Poems To Link To + Why Flashcards
The prelude
- storm on the island - nature is the most powerful, To celebrate the art of the poet in using extended metaphor.
To show that mankind is small compared to the power of nature.
Storm on the island
Kamikaze - To show that a culture can abandon life, and glorify death.
To show that time can heal, and generations form new perspectives.
To show that war creates nihilism.
Ozymandias
- My last duchess - power corrupts, To write a new kind of poetry, with the dramatic monologue, and promote his own poetic skill.
To expose the corruption of the nobility.
To criticise the compromise between artists and those in power.
Exposure
- Charge of the light brigade - futility of conflict, the loss of war
To support patriotic propaganda, promote the cult of the warrior and death as a noble sacrifice.
But also to hint at the war being wrong.
To be memorable and read aloud in celebration of heroism.
To explore the use of sound in poetry.
My last duchess
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To show the damaging effects on society when it exploits it’s children.
London
- The émigrée - cities in the grip of greedy and tyrannical regimes
To explore the difficulties faced by migrants fleeing corrupt political systems in the countries they leave and in the countries they settle in.
To show that cities are corrupt and dangerous.
To show how a lone voice can try to achieve political change.
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Charge of the light brigade
- Exposure - futility of conflict and the loss of war
To explore patriotism and suggest that it is an illusion.
To focus on the hardships of war which are dehumanising, and make us sympathise with soldiers.
To show that the British and the public are unprepared for the reality of war and that soldiers are dying needlessly.
To explore the importance of memory.
To explore the use of sound in poetry.
To show how war creates nihilism.
Bayonet charge
- Exposure - reality of war is gruesome, war is not worth the casualties
To explore patriotism and suggest that it is an illusion.
To focus on the hardships of war which are dehumanising, and make us sympathise with soldiers.
To show that the British and the public are unprepared for the reality of war and that soldiers are dying needlessly.
To explore the use of sound in poetry.
To show how war creates nihilism.
To portray war as a crime against nature, with nature rebelling.
Checking out me history
- Thé émigrée - ideas of oppression, power and identity
To explore the difficulties faced by migrants fleeing corrupt political systems in the countries they leave and in the countries they settle in.
To show how a lone voice can try to achieve political change.
To show how the past is reinterpreted, and how memory is precious, even though it changes the facts.
To show how the oppressed can resist tyrannical power.
Thé émigrée
- Checking out me history - ideas of oppression, power and identity
To show how political power can be resisted by the oppressed.
To celebrate poetry as a form of protest and a way to acquire political power or gain social change.
To explore the immigrant experience and ask for greater acceptance.
Remains
Charge of the light brigade - To expose the after effects of war on individuals who participated in it
To make a political point that soldiers are not looked after, and make us sympathise with soldiers.
Exposure - To expose the after effects of war on individuals who participated in it
To make a political point that soldiers are not looked after, and make us sympathise with soldiers.
Poppies
- Kamikaze - effects that conflict can have on families and men who go to war
To show that a culture can abandon life, and glorify death.
To show the after effects of war on those who participate in it.
To portray cultural celebration of patriotism and the warrior, sacrifice and the emperor.
To show that time can heal, and generations form new perspectives.
To explore the importance of memory.
Kamikaze
- Poppies - effects that conflict can have on families and men who go to war
To show that a culture can abandon life, and glorify death.
To show the after effects of war on those who participate in it.
To portray cultural celebration of patriotism and the warrior, sacrifice and the emperor.
To show that time can heal, and generations form new perspectives.
To explore the importance of memory.
War photographer
- Charge of the light brigade - sense of duty to other people
To support patriotic propaganda, promote the cult of the warrior and death as a noble sacrifice
But also to hint at the war being wrong
