Poetry purpose + comparisons Flashcards
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Purpose of Remains
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- Expose after effects of war on those participating (kamikaze)
- Political point on that soldiers aren’t looked after + reader’s sympathy (exposure)
- Wider political point that one culture can’t fairly impose itself on another culture (checking out me history)
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Purpose of Kamikaze
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- Show that some cultures can abandon life and glorify death
- Portray cultural celebration of patriotism and the warrior (charge of the light brigade)
- War creates nihilism (Exposure)
- Explores importance of memory (Exposure + Poppies)
- To show time can heal, generations can form new perspectives
- Damaging effects on society when it exploits its children (London)
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Purpose of London
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- Cities are inherently corrupt, private ownership excludes the ordinary man but makes everyone miserable (Emigree)
- Problems in society are caused by those in power (My Last Duchess)
- Damaging effect of male sexual desire
- Damaging effects on society when it exploits its children
Kamikaze, Checking out me History,
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Purpose of Exposure
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- Explore patriotism and suggest that it is an illusion
- Focus on hardships of war that’re dehumanising, makes us sympathise with soldiers (Remains)
- Shows the British are unprepared for the reality of war, soldiers die needlessly
- Importance of memory (Kamikaze)
- Power of metaphor
- Use of sound in poetry (Charge of the light brigade)
- How war creates nihilism (Kamikaze)
- Portrays war as a crime against nature, nature rebels
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Purpose of Charge of the light brigade
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- Support patriotic propaganda, death as a noble sacrifice (Kamikaze) (Remains contrast)
- Hints that war is wrong
- To be memorable, celebration of heroism
- Use of sound in poetry (Exposure)
War Photographer, Tennyson got his source material from the newspaper
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Purpose of Ozymandias
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- Power of art transcends history
- Contrast with ephemeral power of politics and dictators (London)
- Promotes democracy
- Promote own poetic skill (My Last Duchess)
- Explore compromise between art and those in power (My Last Duchess)
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Purpose of My Last Duchess
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- Show corrupt power of the patriarchy (London)
- Write a new kind of poetry, promotes own poetic skill
- Expose corruption of the nobility (London)
- Criticise compromise between artists and those in power
- Importance of memory (Poppies)
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Purpose of Emigree
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- Explore difficulties by migrants fleeing corrupt political systems
- Cities are corrupt and dangerous (London)
- Lone voice can achieve political change (Checking Out Me History)
- Past is reinterpreted and memory is precious (Tissue)
- Importance of metaphor (Tissue)
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Purpose of Poppies
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- Power of the patriarchy, how it defines a mother’s role
- Patriarchy breeds naivety and overconfidence in men (My Last Duchess)
- Explore consequences of warrior culture and death cult on women (Kamikaze)
- Importance of memory (My Last Duchess)
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Purpose of The Prelude
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- Explores power and deity in nature, pantheism
- Celebrate the power of imagination
- Mankind is small compared to power of nature (Storm on the Island)
- Analyse feelings and desires by dealing with them symbolically
- Explore feelings about sexuality, perhaps incest (London)
- Celebrate power of poetry
- Importance of memory
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Purpose of Checking Out Me History
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- Corrupt power of British/French imperialism (Remains)
- Celebrate education, brings to light forgotten history
- Political power can be restricted by oppressed (London)
- Celebrates poetry as a form of protest and a way to acquire political power or gain social change (Emigree)
- Explore immigrant experience and ask for greater acceptance (Emigree)
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Purpose of War Photographer
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- Explore damaging effect of war on those reporting on it
- Accuse readership of indifference to foreign suffering
- Suggests war is inevitable
- Question the role of media in perpetuating/preventing war
Charge of the Light Brigade
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Purpose of Bayonet Charge
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- Question typical justifications of war
- Portray war as a crime against nature (Exposure)
- Hint at after effects of war on those that survive
- Portrays war as alien and dehumanising (Exposure)
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Purpose of Tissue
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- Patriotism and nationalism are damaging to human culture
- Ask for tolerance and cultural/religious understanding
- Asks for equality for all people
- Explores importance of family, and family history
- Importance of metaphor (Emigree)
Checking Out Me History
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Purpose of Storm on the Island
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- Question the assumption that conflict is natural (Bayonet Charge)
- Suggests the cause of conflict is baseless
- Celebrates art of poet, using an extended metaphor
- Mankind is small compared to power of nature (The Prelude)
Kamikaze
