Poetry comparison points

Question 1

Mametz Wood and The Manhunt

Answer 1

1. effects of war on the wider community
2. society as ignorant towards the soldiers, ungrateful
3. implores readers to remember the sacrifices of these men, though for armitage this means to understand their struggles and traumas as effects of war can be overcome through love. for sheers this means to never forget their sacrifice

Question 2

Dulce and The Manhunt

Answer 2

1. war as destructive, causing pain and suffering
2. both soldiers suffer from PTSD, mental impact of war
3. society as ignorant towards war. For Own, society glorify it and for Armitage, they ignore the suffering of discharged soldiers even after the war has ended

Question 3

A wife in london, the Manhunt

Answer 3

1. effects of war on the wider community
2. soldiers ignored and their deaths/suffering disregarded by society
3. can be overcome by love, hardy says it ends in tragedy

Question 4

Cozy Apologia, Sonnet 43

Answer 4

1. both speakers describe their love as unconventional
2. love as deep and multi faceted
3. love as long lasting and enduring, for barret browning this transcends even past life

Question 5

Valentine, Sonnet 43

Answer 5

1. Unconventional love
2. Love as deep and multi faceted
3. Browning: deep and multi faceted while for Duffy should not be prolonged past it’s course as it can turn destructive and chaotic

Question 6

She walks in Beauty, Sonnet 43

Answer 6

1. both speakers idolise their beloved
2. browning: deep and multi faceted. Byron: mimics love, surface level affection
3. browning: love offers emotional support and resilience. Byron: projects his sexual desires onto woman

Question 7

London and living space

Answer 7

1. uneven distribution of wealth causing inhospitable places
2. resilience and optimism, wilful ignorance
3. children as hope, or as symbol of corruption and neglect

Question 8

DOAN, The Prelude

Answer 8

1. as children, they feel awe and wonder towards nature
2. shift in power dynamics as speakers realise the immense power of nature
3. Wordworth, concludes in awe and wonder as he realises the power of nature, Heany concludes in fear and trepidation

Question 9

Ozymandias, Hawk Roosting

Answer 9

1. powerful, oppressive ‘the hand that mocked them and the heart that fed’
2. delusional ‘look on my works..”
3. fleeting for Ozymandias, permanent for Hawk whose power doesn’t waver.

Question 10

The soldier, Mametz Wood

Answer 10

1. brooke thinks there is comfort to be found in the notion fo dying an honorable death for one’s country, sheers presents war as grotesque
2. patriotism vs criticism of war
3. use earth as symbol. brook: symbol to instil patriotic values, sheers tp expose the harsh realities of war

Question 11

To autumn, The prelude

Answer 11

1. both writers herald the wonders of the natural world
2. both become increasingly wary of nature. for Keats, this happens as he becomes more aware of his own mortality, for Wordsworth this happens with age
3. both poets ultimately end their poems with admiration for the power of nature

Question 12

afternoons, the prelude

Answer 12

1. both speakers present power of nature. ww heralds. Larkins cyclicality of it and the difficulty to escape
2. children, Larkins uses children to emphasise power of nature, ww again heralds
3. ww ends with admiration. larkins ends with distaste for domestic life, and how it is what is natural

Question 13

as imperceptibly as grief, prelude

Answer 13

1. herald power of nature, imperceptible
2. nature has always had presence in her life, ww grew out of nature but implores people to re-kindle their childhood love for it
3. end of poem, nature’s seasons constantly change. for ww, in touch with nature permenantly as he implies it is constant in his life now.