Poetry Structure

Question 1

Ozymandias

Answer 1

14 Line Sonnet
AB Rhyme Scheme

Question 2

London

Answer 2

Quatrian
Cyclical
AB AB Rhyme scheme

Question 3

Extract from The Prelude

Answer 3

One big stanza
Enjambement

Question 4

My Last Duchess

Answer 4

One big stanza
Enjambment
AA, BB Rhyme Scheme

Question 5

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Answer 5

600 Soldiers = 6 Stanzas
Ballad (must be remembered)
6 Line Stanzas

Question 6

Exposure

Answer 6

6 Stanzas
Semi-Rhyme Scheme ABBA

Question 7

Storm on the Island

Answer 7

One big stanza
Enjambment takes over representing the strength and power of nature

Question 8

Bayonet Charge

Answer 8

3 Stanzas
8 Lines
7 Lines
8 Lines

Question 9

Remains

Answer 9

Quatrain
7 Quatrains then lastly 2 lines ‘ his bloody life in my bloody hands’

Question 10

Poppies

Answer 10

4 Stanzas

Question 11

War Photographer

Answer 11

4 Stanzas

Question 12

Tissue

Answer 12

9 Stanzas
Quatrain

Question 13

The Emigrée

Answer 13

3 Stanzas

Question 14

Checking Out Me History

Answer 14

No fixed structure
Monologue style at times to represent the anger towards the Government

Question 15

Kamikaze

Answer 15

7 Stanzas
6 lines
Fixed structure - Cyclical to represent life and death