Power And Conflict Poems Flashcards
What quote suggests that Ozymandias thinks he is like a god?
My name is Ozymandias, king of kings
What quote suggests that Ozymandias has been forgotten?
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
What does the quote ‘the lone and level sans stretch far away’ suggest?
The enormity of nature and how it makes man seem so insignificant
What themes does Ozymandias explore?
Power of humans, nature and pride
What does the quote ‘mind-forged manacles’ suggest about the people of London in the poem ‘London’?
That the population feel mentally and physically restricted from freedom
‘Every blackening church appalls’ suggests?
How even a place of worship is becoming corrupt and god is becoming inferior to royalty
What themes does London explore?
Power of humans, loss and absence, anger and individual experience
What does the quote ‘I gave commands; then all smiles stopped together’ suggest in ‘My Last Duchess’?
That the duke expects to be followed which emphasises his power and that he gave orders to have the duchess killed
What quote is used in ‘My Last Duchess’ that suggests the duchess would flirt with everyone she saw?
‘She liked whatever she looked on, and her looks went everywhere’
This shows how the duke was jealous and believed that everyone should’ve respected him
What themes are explored in ‘My Last Duchess’?
Power of humans, memory, pride, identity
What does the quote ‘bandage up me eye with me own history’ and ‘blind me to me own history’ in ‘Checking Out Me History’ suggest?
That he hasn’t been able to see who he is and that he’s only been taught about British culture and not his own
What does the repeated use of ‘dem’ and ‘me’ suggest?
That he is using improper English and is being himself and using vocabulary from his culture and won’t be influenced by another culture anymore
What does ‘But now I checking out me own history’ and ‘ I carving out me own identity’ suggest?
The use of ‘but’ is a Volta which shows a turning point in the poem and how he is now making it sound like he is in control and he’s doing his own research by himself from scratch
What themes are explored in ‘Checking Out Me History’?
Power of humans, memory, identity
How does the pilots family react when he returns home and what quote is used to display this in ‘Kamikaze’?
‘They treated him as though he no longer existed’ which suggests that his family was ashamed that he didn’t do his job and it was a cowardly move
What quote is used to suggest that the pilot in ‘kamikaze’ has been brainwashed?
‘Full of powerful incantations’ which suggests how he is preparing himself for what’s going to happen and that a spell has almost been casted on him into believing this is a good idea
Strung out like ___ on a green-blue ____ sea
Bunting, translucent. This is the point where we see the pilot beginning to change his mind as he admires the beauty of nature and he’s not ready to die
What are the themes explored in ‘Kamikaze’?
Loss and absence, Memory, identity, individual experience
What does the quote ‘Went heaving through the water like a swan’ suggest in The Prelude?
It’s a simile that shows he is confident and graceful when rowing on the water as though he’s a swan. He feels as though he’s in control/superior over nature.
Instantly after this line, there is a Volta which shows he isn’t superior over nature as he becomes frightened.
What quote at the start of The Prelude suggests that nature is calm and peaceful?
‘Small circles glittering idly in the moon’ indicates that he’s happily rowing and nature is a precious environment
What themes does The Prelude explore?
Power of nature, Memory, Fear, Pride, Individual experience
What does the quote ‘with trembling oars I turned’ suggest in The Prelude?
He went from feeling like a swan to trembling. He is showing signs of fear, anxiety, loss of confidence and he is haunted by this memory
What has the speaker learnt in The Prelude?
Nature is more powerful than us, mankind is weaker than what he anticipated, he has misplaced confidence
What does the quote ‘Cannon to right of them, cannon to left of them, cannon in front of them’ suggest in The Charge of the Light Brigade?
It shows the excessive quantity of power and violence throughout wars. Further on in the poem, these lines are repeated but ‘cannon behind them’ instead of ‘cannon in front of them’ showing they are now retreating.
