power and conflict Flashcards
Ozymandias
“king of kings”
“nothing beside remains”
London
“chartered streets”
“mind-forged manacles”
Prelude
“led by her”
“huge peak, black and huge”
My Last Duchess
“she liked whatever she looked on, and her looks went everywhere”
“notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse”
The Charge of the Light Brigade
“half a league, half a league, half a league onward”
“noble six hundred”
Exposure
“merciless iced east winds that knive us”
“But nothing happens”
Storm on the Island
“like a tamed cat turned savage”
“bombarded by empty the air”
Bayonet Charge
“his terror’s touchy dynamite”
“suddenly he awoke and was running”
Remains
“I see every round as it rips through his life”
“his blood-shadow stays on the street”
Poppies
“gelled blackthorns of your hair”
“your playground voice catching on the wind”
War Photographer
“editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplements”
“half-formed ghost”
Tissue
“raise a structure never meant to last”
“paper that lets the light shine through”
Emigrée
“branded by an impression of sunlight”
“time rolls it’s tanks”
Kamikaze
“full of powerful incantations”
“little fishing boats strung out like bunting”
Checking Out Me History
“Bandage… blind”
“dem tell me wha dem want to tell me”
“king of kings”
ozymandias
“nothing beside remains”
ozymandias
“chartered streets”
london
“mind-forged manacles”
london
“led by her”
prelude
“huge peak, black and huge”
prelude
“she liked whatever she looked on, and her looks went everywhere”
my last duchess
“Notice neptune, though, taming a sea-horse”
my last duchess
“half a league, half a league, half a league onward”
the charge of the light brigade