Poetry Power And Conflict Flashcards
How many paragraphs should you write?
3
What should you compare?
Structure, Language, Tone
What are the key themes of ozymandias?
Power of nature
Power of man is temporary
What are key quotes for ozymadias and their techniques?
“Shattered visage”- Violent imagery
“King of kings”- biblical reference
“Sneer of cold command”- Plosives
“Lone and level sands stretch”- Alliteration
“Colossal wreck”- Oxymoron
What form is ozymandias written in and why?
Sonnet form. Intended to mock
Who was the Pharaoh ozymandias is based on?
Remises the second
What type of poet is Shelly?
Romantic poet (Anti-Establishment)
What is ozymandias good to compare with?
Prelude
Storm on the island
Tissue
My last duchess key themes?
Patriarchal society
Power of man
Power of art ( picture will outlive him)
My last Duchess key quotes and techniques/suggestions?
“That’s my last duchess”- possessive pronoun
“Looking as if she was alive”- sinister tone
“The curtain I have drawn for you”- Shows control
“Dies along her throat”- suggests being strangled
“My gift of a 900 year old name”- shows arrogance/ entitlement
“I gave commands then all smiles stopped”- Imperative
“Notice Neptune taking a sea horse”- Roman allusion (comparing himself to god)
What form is My last duchess?
Dramatic monologue
What does the use of lots of enjambement have?
Shows he is lost in his thoughts and is losing control of his emotions
What does the use of Rhyming couplets throughout MLD show?
Shows the duke has complete control
Was the duke a real person and how did his wife die?
The duke was a real person and his wife died in mysterious circumstances
Key themes of Exposure?
Conflict between nature (Weather) and man
Highlighting the horror of war
Men in power have the control
Key quotes from Exposure?
“Our brains ache”- Mental torture
“Merciless iced east winds that knife us”- Metaphor
“But nothing happens”- Repetition
“Mad gusts tugging on the wire”- Personification
“For love of his seems dying”- losing faith
“All their eyes are ice”- dead imagery
“Our ghosts”- metaphor shows they are empty
Where did Owen write this poem and how did he die?
He wrote this poem in the trenches and died during the conflict
Key themes of Remains?
PTSD
Horror of war
War stays with you
Key quotes and methods from remains?
“Probably armed possibly not”- adverb that suggests doubt
“I see Broad daylight on the other side”- metaphor
“We’ve hit this looter a dozen times”- literal language
“On the ground sort of inside out”- shocking imagery
“Tosses his guts back into his body”- Informal language
“End of story except not really”- shows the start of his PTSD
“His blood shadow stays on the street”- memory follows him around
What form is remains written in?
4 stanzas of 4 lines (Very rigid)
What war was remains about?
Iraq
Who is Simon Armitage?
Poet laureate
Key themes of Checking out Me history
Eurocentric school curriculum
Celebration of black history
Identity
Key quotes/ techniques in Checking out me history?
“Blind me to my own identity”- metaphor
“Bandage up me eye with my own history”- metaphor
“Dem tell me bout Florence Nightingale”
“Dem never tell me bout Mary seacole” (Nurse in the Crimean war)
Why did Agard write the poem?
As a celebration on black history and his identity
