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Ozymandias

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“king of kings”

“nothing beside remains”

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London

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“chartered streets”

“mind-forged manacles”

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Prelude

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“led by her”

“huge peak, black and huge”

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My Last Duchess

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“she liked whatever she looked on, and her looks went everywhere”

“notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

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“half a league, half a league, half a league onward”

“noble six hundred”

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Exposure

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“merciless iced east winds that knive us”

“But nothing happens”

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Storm on the Island

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“like a tamed cat turned savage”

“bombarded by empty the air”

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Bayonet Charge

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“his terror’s touchy dynamite”

“suddenly he awoke and was running”

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Remains

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“I see every round as it rips through his life”

“his blood-shadow stays on the street”

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Poppies

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“gelled blackthorns of your hair”

“your playground voice catching on the wind”

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War Photographer

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“editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplements”

“half-formed ghost”

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Tissue

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“raise a structure never meant to last”

“paper that lets the light shine through”

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Emigrée

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“branded by an impression of sunlight”

“time rolls it’s tanks”

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Kamikaze

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“full of powerful incantations”

“little fishing boats strung out like bunting”

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Checking Out Me History

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“Bandage… blind”

“dem tell me wha dem want to tell me”

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“king of kings”

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ozymandias

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“nothing beside remains”

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ozymandias

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“chartered streets”

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london

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“mind-forged manacles”

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london

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“led by her”

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prelude

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“huge peak, black and huge”

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prelude

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“she liked whatever she looked on, and her looks went everywhere”

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my last duchess

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“Notice neptune, though, taming a sea-horse”

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my last duchess

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“half a league, half a league, half a league onward”

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the charge of the light brigade

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“Noble six hundred”

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the charge of the light brigade

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“merciless iced east winds that knive us”

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exposure

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“But nothing happens”

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exposure

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“like a tamed cat turned savage”

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storm on the island

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“bombarded by the empty air”

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storm on the island

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“his terror’s touchy dynamite”

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bayonet charge

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“suddenly he awoke and was running”

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bayonet charge

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“i see every round as it rips through his life”

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remains

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“his blood shadow stays on the street”

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remains

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“gelled blackthorns of your hair”

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poppies

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“your playground voice catching on the wind”

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poppies

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“editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement”

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war photographer

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“half-formed ghost”

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war photographer

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“raise a structure never to last”

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tissue

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“paper that lets the light shine through”

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tissue

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“branded by an impression of sunlight”

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emigrée

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“time rolls it’s tanks”

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emigrée

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“full of powerful incantations”

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kamikaze

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“little fishing boats strung out like bunting”

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kamikaze

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“bandage… blind”

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checking out me history

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“dem tell me wha dem want to tell me”

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checking out me history

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what is ozymandias about

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  • narrator meets a traveller who talks about a statue in middle of the desert
  • statue of a king who rules over a past civilisation
  • face is proud and arrogantly boasts about his power shown in statue’s inscription
  • statue fallen down and crumbled away, only ruins remain
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ozymandias: form

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  • a sonnet poem but doesn’t follow regular sonnet rhyming scheme, reflects way human’s power can be destroyed
  • story shown in second hand perspective, distances reader from dead king
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ozymandias: irony

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  • nothing remains to show for the ruler’s arrogant boasting of great civilisation
  • ruined statue, a symbol for temporary power of humans and their achievements against power of nature
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ozymandias: language of power

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  • human power is limited and fragile towards the power of nature and power of time (ruined statue)
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how does Ozymandias show Pride

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  • ruler proud of what he’d achieved
  • called on other rulers to admire his works
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how does Ozymandias show Arrogance

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  • inscription shows ozymandias believed he was most power ruler in the world and felt no one could compete with him
  • believed he was better then those he ruled over
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how does Ozymandias show Power

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  • human civilisation and achievements are insignificant compared to passing of time and power of nature
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analyse: “I met a traveller from an antique land”

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  • shelley frames poem as a story to make clear that narrator hasn’t seen statue but only heard about it.
  • shows unimportance of ozymandias
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analyse: “shatter’d visage”

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  • shows irony
  • suggests even a power ruler can’t control damaging effects of time
  • power of nature
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analyse: “king of kings”

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  • emphasises arrogance and power
  • he challenged other rulers
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analyse: “The hand that mock’d them”

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“Mock” can mean to ridicule or create a likeness of something, perhaps the sculpture intended his statue to make fun of Ozymandias

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analyse: “That colossal wreck”

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  • ruined statue shows how human achievements are insignificant compared to passing of time
  • power of nature
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analyse: “lone and level”

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  • Alliteration
  • emphasises the feeling of empty space in the surrounding desert
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analyse: “Boundless and bare”

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  • desert is vast and survives far longer than the broken statue, emphasises insignificance of the statue and of Ozymandias
  • power of nature
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what is london about

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  • narrator describing walk around the city of london
  • everywhere he goes he meets people who have been affected by the misery and despair
  • misery seems relentless, no one can escape it. not even young and innocent
  • people in power are behind the problems, do nothing to help those in need
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london: form

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  • a dramatic monologue
  • narrator speaks passionately about suffering he sees
  • the ABAB rhyme scheme is unbroken, echo’s relentless misery of city
  • regular rhythm reflects sound of his feet as he trudges around
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london: structure

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  • narrator presents relentless images of downtrodden, deprived people
  • first two stanzas focus on people he sees and hears
  • stanza three focuses on institutions he holds responsible
  • final stanza focuses on people, show how babies are affected
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london: rhetoric

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  • uses powerful, emotive words and images to reinforce the horror of the situation
  • repetition used to emphasise number of people affected, also show how society needs to change
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london: use of senses

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  • included depressing sights and sounds of city
  • first stanza, what he sees
  • second stanza, what he hears
  • last two stanzas combine the visual and aural
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london: contrasts

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used to show how everything is affected and nothing pure or innocent remains

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how does London show Anger

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  • use of emotive language and repetition
  • “every black’ning church” suggests he angry at people in power who could do something to change things but don’t
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how does London show Anger

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  • “mind forged manacles” suggest that people have done this to themselves, trapped by their own actions
  • appear hopeless because they are not able or not even trying to help themselves
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analyse: “I wander”

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  • personalises the poem and makes it seem more real
  • reflects that he feels powerless
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analyse: “each chartered street”

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suggests every street is affected and not just one area

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analyse: “In every… In every… In every”

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  • repetition emphasises feeling of bleakness
  • despair affects everyone and there’s no relief from it
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analyse: “mind-forged manacles”

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people are trapped, by thoughts and attitudes

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analyse: “infant’s cry of fear”

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speaker hears distressing noises which make this place seem like a hellish experience

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analyse: “how the chimney-sweeper’s cry”

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we’re usually young boys, emotive image of child labour

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analyse: “Runs in blood down palace walls”

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ordinary people suffer while those in palace are protected behind walls

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analyse: “marriage hearse”

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  • oxymoron
  • links happy image of marriage with death
  • suggests everything has been destroyed
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what is The Prelude about

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  • begins when narrator find a boat tied to a tree and takes it out onto lake
  • initially narrator seems happy and confident, describes a beautiful scene.
  • mountain appears and narrator is afraid of its size and power
  • turns boat around and goes home, but view of nature has changed
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The Prelude: Form

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  • first person narrative
  • personal and describes turning point in poets life
  • use of blank verse makes it sound serious and important
  • regular rhythm makes it sound like nature speech
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The Prelude: Structure

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  • first section, tone fairly light and carefree
  • distinct change when mountain appears, tone becomes darker and more fearful
  • final section narrator reflects on how the experience changed him
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The Prelude: Beautiful Language

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poem begins with a series of pretty, pastoral images of nature

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The Prelude: Confident Language

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  • narrator appears sure of hime self at first, alr mot arrogant in his view of himself and his place in the world
  • gives impression of feeling powerful
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The Prelude: Dramatic Language

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  • initial glimpses of threatening language becomes more intense after mountain appear
  • narrator comes to understand how powerful nature is
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The Prelude: Fearful Language

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  • narrator is far less confident at end of extract
  • troubled by glimpses of nature he has seen
  • experience has a lasting, haunting effect on him
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how does the Prelude show Confidence

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  • narrator feels comfortable and in control at start
  • changes and confidence in himself and the world around him fades
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how does the Prelude show Fear

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  • nature shown to be more powerful than a human being
  • narrator left with feeling of awe and respect for nature but also very scared by it
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how does the Prelude show Reflection

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  • poem ended with narrator reflecting on how he has been changed by this event
  • thoughts and dreams, troubled by his experience
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analyse: “(led by her)”

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  • personification
  • nature is already in control of him, shows infinitive power
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analyse: “a little boat tied to a willow tree”

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happy, rural image

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analyse: “ act of stealth… troubles pleasure”

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  • oxymoron
  • hints narrators guilt and that he knows he’s doing something wrong
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analyse: “Upreared it’s head”

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  • personification
  • ugly image
  • contrasts with beautiful images before
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analyse: “trouble to my dreams”

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  • unsettling image, helps us to emphasise with him
  • hug contrast to the tone and mood at the start
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analyse: “in grave”

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  • event has big impact on him
  • connotations with deat which is very serious
  • reminds him of his own mortality
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analyse: “no pleasant images of greets, of sea or sky”

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narrator no longer thinks of nature in terms of pretty images

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what is MLD about

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  • Duke proudly shows visitor painting of wife
  • wife treated him like anyone else, which angered him
  • acted to stop the wife’s flirtatious behaviour, doesn’t say but hints of murdering her
  • Duke and guests walk away from painting, reader discovers visitor coke to arrange next marriage
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MLD: Form

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  • a dramatic monologue written in iambic pentameter, reinforces the impression that Duke is in conversation with visitor
  • rhyming couplets show the Duke’s desire for control
  • enjambment suggests he gets carried away by his anger and passions
  • creates picture of unstable character, obsessions with power is unsettling
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MLD: Structure

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  • poem framed by visit of Duke’s gallery
  • distracted by talking about Duchess instead of art
  • poem builds to a confession before visitor’s identity is revealed and the Duke moves on to talk about other art
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MLD: Power and Objectification

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  • Duke felt need to have power and control over Duchess
  • saw her as another possession to be collected and admired just like his other expensive art
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MLD: Dramatic Irony

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  • things Duke says about Duchess seem innocent, but often have more sinister meaning for reader
  • gap between what Duke tells listener, and what poet allows us to read between the lines
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MLD: Status

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  • really important to the Duke
  • cares about how others see him
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how does MLD show Pride

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very proud of his possessions and his status

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how does MLD show Jealousy

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he couldn’t stand that the Duchess treated him the same as everyone else

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how does MLD show Power

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  • he enjoys control that he has over the painting
  • he didn’t have power over Duchess when she was alive
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analyse: “my last Duchess painted on the wall”

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  • sounds as if he controls her and not just the picture
  • she has no control now
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analyse: “Will’t please you sit and look at her?”

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  • sounds polite but is actually quite forceful
  • shoes he wants and needs the control of the full room
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analyse: “none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I”

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he controls he looks at her now, because he couldn’t when she was alive

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analyse; “The bough of cherries some official fool
Broke in the orchard for her, the white mule”

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the enjambment makes it sound as if he’s getting carried away by his anger

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analyse: “I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together”

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  • emphasises the wife’s murder
  • how he was in control and killed her
  • “ I gave commands” very cold and cynical
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analyse: “Notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity”

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  • returns to the subject of his art collection, emphasises power and wealth
  • poem is a warning on how his next wife should act and behave
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what is CotLB about

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  • describes a disastrous battle between British cavalry and Russian forces during Crimean War
  • a misunderstanding meant that soldiers ordered to advance into valley surrounded by enemy soldiers
  • russian had guns while british had swords, british defenceless, many killed
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CotLB- Form

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  • narrated 3rd person, seems like story
  • regular rhythm creates a fast pace, cavalry’s advance
  • rhyming couplets and triplets drive poem, momentum broke by unrhymed lines, mirror horses stumbling, soldiers falling
  • overall lack of rhyme scheme hints at chaos of war
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CotLb- Structure

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  • poem tells story of battle in chronological order
  • final stanza shorter and summarises the heroism of the brigade
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CotLb- Repetition

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  • creates a sense of impeding doom and inevitably
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CotLb- Violent Language

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  • narrator chooses powerful verbs and adjectives to give strong sense of violence of battle
  • uses sounds to create vivid, noisy, hellish setting
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how is Admiration shown in CotLB

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  • narrator admires bravery and sacrifice of men because they obeyed orders and can though they knew the risk of death
  • thinks world should recognise the bravery and appreciate their sacrifice
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how is Patriotism show in CotLB

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men followed orders because of their duty to their country, speaker portrays them as heroes for this

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how is Horror shown in CotLB

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suggestion that narrator is horrified by the violence of battle

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analyse: “Half a league, half a league, half a league onward”

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rhythm sounds like galloping horses’ hooves, gives the impression that the horses are unstoppable

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analyse: “Death”

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  • sounds sinister
  • reader earned from start that something bad will happen
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analyse: “Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them”

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  • repetition shows how surrounded they are by enemies
  • replicates gunfire
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analyse: “shot and shell”

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sibilance emphasises the idea of ammunition flying towards them

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analyse: “jaws of Death…mouth of Hell”

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images personify death and hell, make them seem like monsters that soldiers can’t escape from

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analyse: “Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon behind them”

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  • repetition to show soldiers surrounded by enemy
  • but are now retreating
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analyse: “All the world wonder’d:”

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  • people marvelled at their bravery
  • or people wondered why they had been sent on the charge
  • this poem focuses on the bravery of soldiers rather than the mistakes of the military leaders
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what is Exposure about

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  • soldiers in trenches of WW1 at night
  • nature is the main enemy, very cold
  • me imagining returning home, but the doors there are closed to them
  • they believe sacrificing themselves at war is only way of keeping people at home safe
  • return to thinking about their deaths in icy trenches
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Exposure- Form

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  • written in present tense using first person plural (Our, We, Us)
  • collective voice shows the experience was shared by soldiers
  • each stanza has regular rhyme scheme, reflecting monotonous nature of men’s experience, most rhymes are half rhymes (snow and renew)
  • rhyme scheme is jagged like reality of men’s experience, reflect their confusion and fading energy
  • each stanza ends with half line, leave a gap suggest lack of activity or hope for men
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Exposure- Structure

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  • 8 stanzas, but not real progression
  • last stanza ends with same words as first stanza, relegate monotony life in trenches and absence of change
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Exposure- Questions

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uses rhetorical questions to ask why men exposed to such dreadful conditions, and whether there is any point of their suffering

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Exposure- Break Language

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  • includes lots of break imagery to remind reader of means pain, awful weather and lack of hope for soldiers
  • assonance and onomatopoeia carefully chosen verbs add to bleak mood, make description vivid and distressing
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Exposure- Personification

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nature repeatedly personified, seems like real enemy of way

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how is Suffering shown in Exposure

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  • reminders of real and physical pain and exhaustion that soldiers experience
  • thinking about home is painful for men because they’re not welcome there
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how is Boredom shown in Exposure

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sense of frustration because they are left watching and worrying while nothing happens as they contemplate their own deaths

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how is Hopelessness shown in Exposure

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  • soldiers helpless against power of nature
  • nothing they can do to change their situation
  • poem offers little hope of a future for the men
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analyse: “Our brains ache”

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a shared painful experience

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analyse: “confuse…worries…curious, nervous”

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  • different emotions
  • other reason why their brains ache
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analyse: “merciless iced east winds that knive us”

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  • nature personified
  • nature is attacking them
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analyse: “…”

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ellipsis hints they are waiting for something to happen “but nothing happens”

136
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analyse: “but nothing happens”

A
  • half line
  • emphasises boredom and tension
137
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analyse: “like twitching agonies of men among its brambles”

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  • “brambles” of the barbed wire
  • reminds us of pain caused by nature
138
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analyse: “ranks on shivering ranks of grey”

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  • the description of dawn approaching mirrors the soldiers in the trenches
  • grey is no colour, battlefield is cold and lifeless
  • grey was the colour of German uniforms, aligns nature with enemy
139
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analyse: “dawn massing in the east her melancholy army”

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  • dawn is personified using the language of battle
  • dawn normally brings hope, but not here
140
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analyse: “black with snow”

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  • snow is normally white (symbolising purity)
  • but here it’s black (symbolising death)
141
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analyse: “snow-dazed… sun-dozed”

A

half-rhyme creates link between what was before and what is now

142
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analyse: “- is it that we are dying”

A
  • rhetorical question
  • possible answering the first question in stanza 2
143
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analyse: “shutters and doors, all closed: on us the doors are closed”

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  • caesura creates a division of each line, reflects how men are shut out of their homes
  • reflects soldier’s concern that people back home were losing interest in their fate as was went on
144
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analyse: “For love of God seems dying”

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  • their love of God is disappearing
  • feel God’s love for them is dying because he won’t save them
145
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analyse: “All their eyes are ice”

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  • metaphor
  • refers to eyes of living and dead men
  • vivid description of how they’ve been overpowered by nature
  • living men no longer able to feel emotion, dead inside
146
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what is SOTI about

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  • narrator describes, community thinks well prepared for storm
  • poem goes on confidence disappears
  • ending of poem describes fear
147
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SOTI: Form

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  • written in blank verse, reflects patterns of everyday speech, sound like conversation
  • poem all in one stanza, company and sturdy like house
148
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SOTI: Structure

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  • poem shifts from security to fear
  • “But no:” shows the turning point by using the caesura to reflect calm moments before storm
149
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SOTI: Violent imagery

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writer uses personification metaphors and similes to emphasise the storms war like danger and effects

150
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SOTI: Use of sounds to show power of nature

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  • the plosive forceful sounds like “blast” show power of nature
  • sibilance to show danger and whistles of the waves and winds
151
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how does SOTI show helplessness

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  • people can’t do anything and forced to wait for storm to end
  • nature show as powerful and in command, ruler of man king
152
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analyse: “We are prepared”

A

feeling of safety

153
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analyse: “Exploding comfortably”

A

oxymoron juxtaposes the feelings of fear and safety

154
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analyse: “bombarded”

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  • language normally used to describe war
  • island being attached by planes dropping bombs
155
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analyse: “tragic chorus”

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  • in Greek “chorus” means events
  • no trees to act as a chorus suggests islanders are alone
156
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analyse: “houses squat”

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  • lots of words about safety and security in first two lines
  • feeling of security disappears with the enjambment in rest of poem

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