Poetry quotes Flashcards
Exposure first line “Our brains…”
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us”
Exposure “Sudden successive…”
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence. Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow.”
Exposure refrain “But…”
“But nothing happens”
My Last Duchess “Though his fair…”
“Though his fair daughters self as I avowed At starting is my object. Nay we’ll go down together sir.”
My Last Duchess “whenever…”
“whenever I passed her” - they live such separate lives that its only by chance that they might walk passed each other.
Ozymandias “Of that colossal wreck…”
“Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Remains Volta “End…”
“End of story except not really”
Remains first line “On another…”
“On another occasion, we got sent out”
Remains refrain “Probably…”
“Probably armed, possibly not.” - First time the emphasis is on “probably armed” second time its on “possibly not” to show his change in mindset.
Remains “Not left for…”
“Not left for dead in some distant sun-stunned, sand smothered land or six-feet under desert sand,”
