Poetry quotes

Question 1

“Look on my…

Answer 1

…works ye mighty and despair” - Ozymandias

Question 2

“I am…

Answer 2

…Ozymandias, king of kings”

Question 3

“My boat was…

Answer 3

… heaving through the water like a swan” The Prelude

Question 4

“The horizons…

Answer 4

…bound. A huge peak, black and huge.” The Prelude

Question 5

“Our brains…

Answer 5

…ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us” Exposure

Question 6

“Sudden successive…

Answer 6

…flights of bullets streak the silence” Exposure

Question 7

“his bloody…

Answer 7

…life in my bloody hands” Remains

Question 8

“Sleep, and…

Answer 8

he’s probably armed, possibly not” Remains

Question 9

“After you’d…

Answer 9

…gone I went into your bedroom, released a songbird from its cage” Poppies

Question 10

“Later a single…

Answer 10

…dove flew from the pear tree” Poppies

Question 11

“Look on my works, he mighty and despair” Analysis

Answer 11

• inscribed rather than spoken which gives the poem a third speaker
• irony
• supposed to strike fear
• supposed to be triumphant. People gazing were supposed to see the empire
• at once a piece of macho bravado from a mighty ruler, it is also a poignant reminder that all empires fade to nothing, until only a few remnants are left in the dust or desert sand.

Question 12

“My boat went heaving through the water like a swan” Analysis

Answer 12

• “My boat” but it is stolen. Reveals the boy’s understanding of his own ability to control nature
• Simile, Create a vivid image in the reader’s mind, helping to engage and absorb them.

Question 13

“The horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge” Analysis

Answer 13

• turning point of the poem
  1 simple, repetitive language to show awe and shock
• the languages shifts to become more dark and threatening, contrast

Question 14

“Our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knives us” Analysis.

Answer 14

• personification of the wind to develop an emotional connection with a non - human concept such as weather.
• not only during war, but nature has also turned against them

Question 15

“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak thee silence” Analysis

Answer 15

• sibilance To make certain phrases or words more memorable for the reader.
  To create a musical effect within the writing as it generates a specific rhythm.
  To force the reader to engage with the text.
  To slow down the process of reading, which, in turn, makes the reader pay more attention to the text.
• shows that nature and snow have the same threat as bullets.

Question 16

“Sleep, and hes probably armed, possibly not” Analysis

Answer 16

• he can’t forget that he might not have been armed, that they shot at someone who possibly couldn’t have defended themselves.
• he always sees it again when he closes his eyes
• he can’t even forget it when he sleeps

Question 16

“His bloody life in my bloody hands” Analysis

Answer 16

• repetition for Emphasis: The repetition of a word or phrase naturally serves to highlight its importance within a text or idea.
• blood stains permanently
• symbolises guilt - ‘being caught t=red handed’

Question 17

“Later a single dove flew from the pear tree” Analysis

Answer 17

• symbolic of peace and new life or ironic because her son is going to war and could die
• single dove could foreshadow something bad happening to the son. Isolation (being singular) can create a sense of broken hope