Poetry Intro Prep Flashcards
Surface narrative of “Rain”
The poet sits alone inside while he listens to the rain outside and thinks about his own mortality
Surface narrative of “Ozymandias”
The poet recounts meeting a traveller who tells him about a dismembered statue of a once powerful king
Surface narrative of “Request to a year”
The poet ponders the lives of her ancestors and admires the character of her Great-Great Grandmother
Surface narrative of “On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book”
About a person who has Nan existential crisis after finding a small fly dead, crushed in a book
Surface narrative of “The City Planners”
The poet describes the ordered and robotic world which is mechanically controlled by the city planners
Surface narrative of “The Planners”
The poet discusses the repairing and sanitation of urban life from the past and the consequent changing future
Surface narrative of “He Never Expected Much”
The poet is talking to the world and reflecting on the chances he was given and how he did but also didn’t take them
Surface narrative of “Night Sweat”
The poet is reflecting on his life and how challenging balancing his need to work with his mental fragility has been
Surface narrative of “Funeral Blues”
This poem is about someone who has lost their loved one and is expressing their experience of mourning
Key adjectives of “Rain”
Desolate, despairing, fearful
Key adjectives of “Ozymandias”
Mythical, theatrical and pitiful
Key adjectives of “Request to a Year”
Anecdotal/apocryphal, pensive and admiring
Key adjectives of “On Finding a Small Fly….”
Inevitable, innocence and brutality
Key adjectives of “The City Planners”
Soulless, suppressed and precarious
Key adjectives of “The Planners”
Lifeless, relentless and oppressive
