Poetry P&C Flashcards
How does Shelley present the Power Of Humans in ‘Ozymandias’
• After Ozy “dies”, the statues is described as having ‘nothing beside remains’. Shelley portrays how power is temporary and after death it leaves, insignificance.
• ‘lifeless things’ could be an impression of statue and metaphor for his rule.
How does Shelley present the Power of Nature in ‘Ozymandias’
• ‘the decay of that colossal wreck’ - presents how human “achievements” are insignificant compared to the passing of time.
• ‘Stretch far away’, desert is vast and survives for longer than the broken statue, emphasising power of nature.
• ‘lone and level’, alliteration, presents more power than humans had: ‘boundless and bare’.
What was Percy Bysshe Shelley (in political views)?
Anti-Monarchy, connects to his poem ‘Ozymandias’
What could ‘Ozymandias’ be interpreted as?
Could be interpreted as criticism to King George III (people believing using tyrannical power makes them think their superior).
What are the Themes in Remains?
(Hint: There are 5 in total)
• Effects of Conflict
• Reality of Conflict
• Memory
• Guilt
• Individual Experience
Who is the Speaker of the Poems Remains?
A Solider
Give quotes from the poem ‘Remains’ that imply guilt and the reality/effect of conflict
How does Armitage use repetition in Remains to symbolise PTSD/Tramua?
What does Simon Armitage use to create an effect of Guilt/PTSD in the poem of ‘Remains’
Graphic Imagery & Repetition
The Poem Tissue is an Extended Metaphor.
Explain how.
The Extended metaphor explores how paper connects to life (e.g. our life is recorded in books, identification cards, pictures, etc).
The poem Tissue highlights the Transience of human life through paper and what other thing?
Buildings and human structures.
That even what seem to be permanent things are fragile and temporary, e.g. if buildings were paper, we would see how ‘easily they fall away on a sigh’.
Who is the speaker in tissue?
The speaker is elusive, its focuses on humanity in general rather than a specific person.
Give two quotes about the Power of Nature in Tissue
•‘might fly our lives like paper kites’
•’easily they fall away in a sigh’
•’Shines through their borderlines’
How is paper used a symbol for Identity
‘Maps’
‘Fine slips’ (receipt)
‘Koran’
The poem uses paper as a symbol of identity, it highlights how are lives are tracked and recorded on paper and how we could be forgotten if we weren’t recorded on paper.
Explain how Ozymandias and Tissue are similar but contrast each other
Both Poems highlight how humanity is temporary compared to the passing of time, however in Ozymandias it talks about how are achievements could be forgotten after death (‘nothing beside remains’) whereas in Tissue, it highlights how paper identifies who we are, and even if we die paper will carry our legacy on (‘turned into your skin’)
Why is the poem tissue called tissue?
The homonyms of tissue create a link between paper and human flesh - presenting how both are important but fragile like tissue.
What’s the Structure of Tissue?
9 main 4-line stanzas, then one sentence/line at the end; ‘turned into your skin’, Dharker deliberately does this to focus the reader on their own identity and how it’s created.
