power and conflict contexts Flashcards
ozymandias context
shelley was a Romantic poet who hated absolute power. ozymandias is based on rameses ii
london context
written at the time of the french revolution, blake wanted to show the truth of london to encourage a revolution.
my last duchess context
in 1846 browning and his wife elizabeth eloped to italy to escape her controlling father. based on the duke of ferrara. browning was linked to the Romantic poets
the prelude context
wordsworth was a Romantic poet and was very spiritual. the poem is autobiographical
the charge of the light brigade context
tennyson was the poet laureate when he wrote this and was asked to write about their sacrifice
exposure context
owen was a soldier in ww1 ad died just before peace was declared. he was hospitalised from a mental breakdown while at war
storm on the island context
heaney was a poet in ireland and focuses on nature in many of his poems
remains context
from ‘the not dead’ collection by simon armitage, based on a british soldier’s experience in iraq
bayonet charge context
hughes was a former raf servicemen and often wrote about man’s impact on nature
poppies context
jane weir is a textile designer and uses that in her poems
war photographer context
duffy was friends with war photographers and was fascinated with why someone would choose that job. inspired by the vietnam girl photo
tissue context
dharker was from pakistan and this was written in the aftermath of 9/11
the emigree context
rumens wrote this poem in 1993, by which 18.2 million people has left their homes to escape violence
checking out me history context
agard was born in guyana when it was colonised by the uk and called british guiana.
kamikaze context
kamikaze means divine wind and kamikaze pilots were suicide pilots who flew into their targets and it was considered a great act of honour to die this way
