Power and Conflict Anthology Flashcards
Extract from, The Prelude
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Exposure Themes
War, Weather & Despair
Exposure Key Quotes
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”
“But nothing happens”
“Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey”
“Black with snow”
“We cringe in holes”
Exposure Context
Wilfred Owen fought in WW1 and suffered from “Shell Shock” and wrote this poem to express himself
Bayonet Charge
Remains
Poppies
War Photographer
Tissue
Kamikaze
Displaced
Having been forced out of its usual or original position
Emigrate
To leave one’s country to settle in another, usually for political reasons
Permeate
To spread through something
Idealised
Regarded as perfect or better than reality