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“Nothing besides remains”

“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair” (poem + technique)

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Ozymandias

Juxtaposition, irony

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“Antique land” (poem + technique)

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Ozymandias

Adds to semantic field, adjective “antique”

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“In every..” x2 (poem + technique)

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London

Anaphora/ repetition

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“Youthful harlot’s curse” (poem + technique)

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London

Juxtaposition

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“Marriage hearse” (poem + technique)

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London

Oxymoron

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“Mind-forged manacles” (poem + technique)

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London

Imagery

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“Huge peak, black and huge” (poem + technique)

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The prelude

Repetition of “huge”

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“Heavenly through the water like swan” (poem + technique)

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The prelude

Simile, leads to a change in mood

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What is the effect of the caesura in “The Prelude”?

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Emphasises the power of the mountain as it is able to interrupt the flow of the poem every time its being talked about

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What is the effect of the break of iambic pentameter in “The Prelude”?

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When less syllables are used it shows how overwhelmed/ speechless the poetic persona is
When extra syllables are used it shows the topic of transcending

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(In his thoughts) “there hung darkness” (poem + technique)

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The Prelude

Personification, juxtaposes the mood at the start of the poem

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12
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“My object” (poem + technique)

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My Last Duchess

Possessive pronoun

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13
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“Notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse” (poem + technique)

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My Last Duchess

Symbolism- his obsession with dominance and how he viewed his wife as another rare possession (like art).

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“As if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred year old name with anybodies gift” (poem + technique)

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My Last Duchess

Simile

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15
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“Valley of death” (poem + technique)

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Charge of the Light Brigade

Repetition , biblical imagery

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“Jaws of death” (poem + technique)

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Charge of the Light Brigade

Personification, semantic field of death

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“Mouth of hell” (poem + technique)

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Charge of the Light Brigade

Personification, semantic field of death

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“Not the six-hundred” (poem + structure technique)

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Charge of the Light Brigade

Change in mood

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“Honour the charge they made!

Honour the Light Brigade” (poem + technique)

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Charge of the light brigade

Anaphora

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“But nothing happens” (poem + technique)

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Exposure
Repetition- emphasising their insignificance
Cyclical structure

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21
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“Is it that we are dying?” (poem + technique)

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Exposure

Rhetorical question

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(Bombs are)” less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow” (poem + technique)

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Exposure

Juxtaposition

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“We are prepared” (poem + technique)

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Storm on the island

First line

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24
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(the sea) “spits like a tamed cat turned savage” (poem + technique)

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Storm on the island
Simile
Personification- aggressive

25
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“Pummels your house” (poem + technique)

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Storm on the island

Verb- violent

26
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“Its a huge nothing that we fear” (poem + technique)

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Oxymoron- suggests fear is a paradox, there is nothing to fear or we fear the emptiness of the “empty wind”

27
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“The patriotic tear” (poem + technique)

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Bayonet charge

Irony

28
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“King honour, human dignity, etcetera” (poem + technique)

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Bayonet charge

List- almost like its drilled into him in training

29
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“In what cold clockwork of the stars and nation was he the hand pointing that second?” (poem + technique)

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Bayonet charge
Metaphor
Rhetorical question

30
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“Blood-shadow” (stayed on the streets) (poem + technique)

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Remains

Compound noun

31
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“Probably armed, possibly not” (poem + technique)

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Remains

Repetition

32
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(Guy he shit in his head) “dug in behind enemy lunes” (poem + technique)

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Remains

Metaphor

33
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“And the drinks and drugs won’t flush him out” (poem + technique)

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Remains

Emphasis PTSD

34
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“Sellotape bandage” (poem + technique)

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Poppies

Oxymoron- domestic item and injury (war?)

35
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“Released a song bird from its cage” (poem + technique)

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Poppies

Metaphor

36
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What is the semantic field used in “Poppies”?

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Semantic field of remembrance

37
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What effect does the enjambment in “Poppies” have?

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Emphasises the natural flow and tone of the mother, contributing to the theme of remembrance

38
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“They do not care” (poem + technique)

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War photographer

Final line

39
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(His editing room) “as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to atone mass” (poem + technique)

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War photographer

Simile

40
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“All flesh is grass” (poem + technique)

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War photographer

Biblical reference- about the shortness of life

41
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“The reader’s eyeballs prickled with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers” (poem + technique)

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War photographer

Juxtaposition to war zone

42
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(Back to) “ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel, to fields which don’t explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat” (poem + technique)

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War photographer

Juxtaposition, personification of the heat

43
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How is caesura used in “War Photographer”?

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To make the reader pause and reflect on the contrast of the war zones and safe England

44
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“Might fly our lives like paper kites” (poem + technique)

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Tissue

Simile

45
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“Turned into your skin” (poem + technique)

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Tissue

Final line, direct pronoun

46
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What is the effect of enjambment in “Tissue”?

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Creates a very calm tone, which reflects her ideas of fragility

47
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“I am branded with an impression of sunlight” (poem + technique)

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The Emigree

Juxtaposition

48
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“Sunlight”

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The Emigree

Repetition, at the end of every stanza (emphasis hoe branded she is)

49
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(The city) “may be sick” “comes to me” “lies down” “takes me dancing” (poem + technique)

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The Emigree

Personification

50
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What are the effect of enjambment and caesura in “The Emigree”?

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Reflect the chaos of the place she loves, and her lack of power (cant go back)

51
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What is the effect of the regular stanza length in “ The Emigree”

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Reflect the reader trying to control the chaos, in the final stanza she loses control (extra lines) as she gets emotional because she didn’t want to leave

52
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“Dem tell me” (poem + technique)

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Checking out me history

Anaphora + repetition, reflect dialect, shows anger

53
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What is the effect of the italicised verses in “ Checking out me history”?

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Shows that black history is segregated/ treated differently

54
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What are the effects of the enjambement+ no punctuation in “Checking out me history”?

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Shows that he is ranting about, shows passion, forces black and white historical figures in the same sentence

55
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“Which had been the better way to die” (poem + technique)

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Kamikaze

Final line

56
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“Pearl grey pebbles” (poem + technique)

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Kamikaze

Irony- flying to his death sees pebbles which are usually put at gravestones

57
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“My mother never again spoke in his presence” (poem + technique)

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Kamikaze

“Never- hyperbolic

58
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(Everyone acted like he no longer existed) “only we children chattered and laughed/ till gradually we too learned to be silent” (poem + technique)

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Kamikaze

Change in mood, enjambement- transition of the kids

59
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What effect does the narrative frame have in “Kamikaze”?

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Creates distance ( as it’s the daughter narrating) and adds bias

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