Poetry Quotes Flashcards
Russians valley - Charge of the LB
“valley of death”
A little pledge the brigade make - Charge of the LB
theirs not to make reply/ theirs not to reason why/ theirs but to do and die”
Eaten by death and entrance to opposite of heaven - Charge of the LB
“jaws of Death/…mouth of Hell”
Shows they were not a main source - charge of the LB
“someone had blunder’d”
Shows community and takes away individuality - charge of the light brigade
“Noble six hundred”
Given headache by Sharp winds - Exposure
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…”
Shows boredom of war - Exposure
“But nothing happens”
Dreaming using sibilance - Exposure
“forgotten dreams, and stare, snow-dazed”
Ammunition hitting stomach - Bayonet Charge
“bullets smacking the belly out of the air-“
Metaphorical reference to gun butt being flat and hard💪🏽 - Bayonet Charge
“he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
He is no longer patriotic, only cares about survival - Bayonet Charge
“patriotic tear”
How war destroys nature around it, bunny - Bayonet Charge
“a yellow hare that rolled like a flame/ And crawled in a threshing circle”
Lists of things he loses belief in - Bayonet Charge
“king, honour, human dignity, etcetera”
Its just another normal time - Remains
“On another occasion”
Doesn’t know if he has a gun - Remains
“probably armed, possibly not”
