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Who wrote Ozymandias

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Who is ‘Ozymandias’ about

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Ramesses II

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Explain what form Ozymandias is in

How is it used?

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Sonnet

  • 14 line love poem
  • used for courting a woman

Shelley uses it ironically as a way to mock self love (vanity / pride)

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What poems do Ozymandias relate to

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  • The Prelude

- Storm on the Island

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In Ozymandias, analyse the quote ‘sneer of cold command mean’?

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  • shows him to be an evil leader / tyrant

- alliteration

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What is the name of a paragraph in a poem

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Stanza

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In Ozymandias, analyse the quote ‘on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, king of kings’

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‘pedastal’

  • base of statue / place of admiration
  • shows hierarchy and power

‘king of king’s’

  • saying he is the god of all kings
  • show’s hubris
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In Ozymandias, analyse the quote ‘colossal wreck’

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  • oxymoron = power is gone, but used to be there

‘colossal’

  • extremely large or enormous
  • intimidating
  • structure
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Give context on Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  • Lived 1792-1822
  • Was a Romantic poet
  • Wrote the poem in 1818
  • Married to Mary Shelley
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Who wrote London

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William Blake

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Give context on William Blake

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  • lived from 1757-1827
  • romantic poet
  • protested about mankind’s control over nature
  • poem was written in 1790
  • ‘London’ was written as a protest poem
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What is the rhyming scheme of London

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iambic rhythm (alternate rhyming scheme)

  • emphasis on the second syllable (da DUM)
  • rhythm the same as footsteps
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In London, analyse the quote ‘chartered Thames does flow’

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oxymoron

  • the Thames is thought to be free but if it is ‘chartered’ it is owned.
  • used as a symbol of freedom
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In London, what does the quote ‘cry of every man’ do

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challenges the stereotype of men being tough

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In London, analyse the quote ‘The mind forged manacles I hear’

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  • represents handcuffs

- links to the Industrial Revolution

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In London, analyse the quote ‘black’ning church’

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  • oxymoron
  • churches are usually white and pure.
  • alludes to the corruption within churches
  • WB was against organised religion. He often protested against them asking for money and making you feel guilty if you did not donate.
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In London, analyse the quote ‘hapless soldier’s sigh Runs in blood down palace walls’

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  • ‘soldier’s sigh’ = sibilance
  • weak V strong
  • metaphor for French revolution
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In London, analyse the quote ‘youthful harlot’

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  • oxymoron

- youthful alludes to innocence however ‘harlot’ (prostitute) shows a loss of innocence

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In London, analyse the quote ‘marriage hearse’

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  • oxymoron

- marriage is supposed to be a happy occasion but is contradicted with a hearse

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Who wrote the Prelude

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William Wordsworth

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Give context on William Wordsworth

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  • romantic poet
  • wrote about the beauty and power found in nature
  • the Prelude is autobiographical
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What is the sublime

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being in awe of a scene of a scene found in nature

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What poems does The Prelude link to

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  • Exposure

- Storm on the Island

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Who wrote My Last Duchess

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Robert Browning

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Give context on Robert Browning

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  • lived from 1812-1889
  • was a Victorian poet
  • writes from a historical perspective
  • uses issues of the past to highlight the problems present in his society
  • MLD written as a dramatic monologue
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In My Last Duchess, who is Ferrara

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Italian Duke - 1651

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In My Last Duchess, analyse the quote ‘the curtain I have drawn for you’

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  • attempting to assert dominance

- shows he’s the boss by alluding to the fact that no-one could see her without his permission

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In My Last Duchess, analyse the quote ‘half-flush that dies along her throat’

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she was murdered - could be:

  • strangled
  • throat slit
  • beheaded
29
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In My Last Duchess, analyse the quote ‘white mule’

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  • oxymoron

- white alludes to purity but mule shows promiscuity

30
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Where does hubris appear in My Last Duchess

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  • ‘my gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name’

- ‘Neptune, though, Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity, Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!’

31
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What is the reasoning for Robert Browning to write My Last Duchess

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to highlight and mock male attitudes - ego and pride

32
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What poem does My Last Duchess relate to

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Ozymandias - due to hubris

33
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Who wrote The Charge of the Light Brigade

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

34
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Give context on Alfred Lord Tennyson

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  • was a Victorian Poet
  • was a Laurette for Queen Victoria
  • wrote the poem for Daily Mail
  • the poem was written for war propaganda
35
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What rhythm does the poem have

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dactylic dimeter

  • 2 beats per line
  • Dum da da
  • represents cavalry charge
36
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In The Charge of the Light Brigade, analyse the quote ‘Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them’

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  • shows hatred for the enemy and that they are shooting them down from all angles.
  • also shows fear as British soldiers are being shot down
37
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In The Charge of the Light Brigade, analyse the quote ‘sabre-stroke Shatter’d and sunder’d’

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  • shows hatred towards the enemy

- sibilance is showed to represent swords clashing together

38
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In The Charge of the Light Brigade what does the use of the words ‘Honour’ and ‘Noble’ represent at the end of the poem

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  • repetition of imperative verbs
  • connotes bravery, heroism and masculinity
  • shows patriotism, addresses the British public
39
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Who wrote Tissue

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Imitaz Dharker

40
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Give context on Imitaz Dharker

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  • born in Pakistan
  • lives in England
  • born in 1954
41
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What poems does Tissue link to

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  • Checking Out Me History
  • London
  • Emigree
  • Ozymandia
42
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In Tissue, analyse the quote ‘back of the Koran, where a hand has written in the names and histories, who was born to whom’

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when names are written in the back of a religious text they are immortalised

43
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In Tissue, analyse the quote ‘see how easily they fall away on a sigh’

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signs of weakness

44
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In Tissue, analyse the quote ‘how much was sold and what was paid by credit card might fly our lives like paper kites’

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  • simile for money and power

- shows weakness because a kite is controlled by the wind

45
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In Tissue, analyse the quote ‘let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths’

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  • nature rising above man

- links to Ozymandias

46
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Who wrote The Emigree

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Carol Rumens

47
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Give context on Carol Rumens

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  • born in London
  • lived in Belfast and Wales
  • travelled throughout Russia
  • was a translator
  • born in 1944
48
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What it interesting about the title of The Emigree

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  • French feminine
  • universally relatable
  • being in a different language makes it appear suave
  • its a diaspora (social moving of an ethnic group)
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What poems does The Emigree link to

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  • Checking Out Me History

- Tissue

50
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In The Emigree, analyse the quote ‘filled paperweight’

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  • simplistic metaphor that holds her because of her original view
51
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In The Emigree what does the ellipsis on the first line show

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  • caesura

- shows the reader that they are entering a flashback

52
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In The Emigree, analyse the quote ‘time rolls its tanks’

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shows the unstoppable power of time

53
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In The Emigree, analyse the quote ‘dancing through the city’

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  • personification of her love for the city

- does not say which city its about so that it can relate to a lot of people

54
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In The Emigree, analyse the quote ‘shadow falls as evidence of sunlight’

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  • juxtaposition

- repeated positive imagery - loves the place she came from and the positives outweighs the negatives

55
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Who wrote Checking Out Me History

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John Agard

56
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What language does John Agard speak in

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Creole - a bled of linguistic heritage dialect.

- rebelling against form and structure by writing in free verse

57
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In The Checking Out Me History, analyse the quote ‘Bandage up me eye… Blind me to me own identity’

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metaphor for colonisation

58
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In The Checking Out Me History, analyse the quote ‘Dem tell me bout 1066 and all dat’

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  • ridiculing white British history
59
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Give context on John Agard

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  • born in British Guyana
  • educated in Britain
  • born in 1949
60
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In The Checking Out Me History, who was Toussaint

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  • a slave

- defeated Napolean’s army in Haiti with slaves

61
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In The Checking Out Me History, analyse the quote ‘a healing star… a yellow sunrise’

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  • extended metaphor
  • light imagery
  • pride in alternative history
62
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In The Checking Out Me History, analyse the quote ‘carving out me identity’

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  • powerful verb

- his permanent identiy

63
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In The Checking Out Me History, who does ‘Dem’ represent

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authority figures: teachers / goverment

64
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How does John Agard describe his ethnicity

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Half Caste - a racist term for a mixed race person

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