Power And Conflict Poems

Question 1

What is Ozymandias about?

Answer 1

A powerful ruler who boasts about how important he is and how unimportant others are. The irony of the statue is that it decays showing that if you abuse your power there will be consequences

Question 2

What is the context of ozymandias?

Answer 2

Ramese II built statures of himself, he was a dictator that abused power.

Question 3

3-4 quotes from ozymandias

Answer 3

“ two vast,trunkless legs of stone”
“ My I name is ozymandias - king of kings “
“Stamped on these lifeless things”
“Nothing’s besides remains round the decay”

Question 4

What is London about?

Answer 4

Loss of life through the industrial revolution, and how the monarchy kills London. Blake mournes over London’s metaphorical death. He’s angry at the government for changing London

Question 5

What is the context of London?

Answer 5

William Blake rejected religion and the church refused to help London and children. Plague,pollution,disease,prostitution

Question 6

3-4 quotes about London

Answer 6

“Wandered through each chartered street”
“Blood runs down palace walls”
“Every black’ning church appalls”
“Bright plagues with marriage hearse”

Question 7

What is The Prelude about?

Answer 7

About the conflict between man and nature, nature’s power is greater, superiority of nature. At first Wordsworth enjoys nature hen he is terrified of it. He changes perception of nature.

Question 8

What is the context of The Prelude?

Answer 8

Wordsworth grew up in The Lake District surrounded by nature, Showing that nature will always be better.

Question 9

3-4 quotes about The Prelude?

Answer 9

“Glittery idle the moon”
“A huge peak black and huge”
“With trembling oars I turned”
“By day, and a trouble to my dreams”

Question 10

What is My last duchess about?

Answer 10

The narrator killing his ex wife. Conflict is shown when he shows her off on his wall, he was very controlling and creating conflict, demanding people to look at her.

Question 11

What is the context of My Last Duchess?

Answer 11

Men were seen as superior and controlling over women. Women were all about looks and honourable to men.

Question 12

3-4 quotes about My Last Duchess.

Answer 12

“I gave commands; all smiles stopped together”
“ last duchess painted on walls, as if she were alive”
“She ranked my gift of 900year old name with any gift”
“His fair daughters self, as I avowed at starting, is my object”

Question 13

What is Charge of the light Brigade about?

Answer 13

About war, the army the ‘light Brigade’ were sent to war by a. Commander but we’re told to charge into the Russian cannons which was wrong, misunderstood. The long journey through war ends in death.

Question 14

What is the context of Charge of the Light Brigade?

Answer 14

The Battle of the Balaklava, The Crimean War. Dedication the the soldiers who fought and died,6 stanzas,600 soldiers, the soldiers who died deserve honour.

Question 15

3-4 quotes from Charge of the Light Brigade

Answer 15

“ into the valley of death”
“Storm‘ d at shot and shell into the jaws of death”
“When can their glory fade? The noble 600”
“Forward, the Light Brigade, Charge for the guns he said”

Question 16

What is Exposure about?

Answer 16

About man vs nature. Suffering of soldiers during WW1, shows the reality of war, and the weather conditions in the trenches.

Question 17

What is the context of Exposure?

Answer 17

Wilfred Owen was a soldier during WW1 who was diagnosed with PTSD before dying on the battle field 1 week before the end , it was the coldest winter ever in 1916-1917

Question 18

3-4 quotes from Exposure

Answer 18

“Our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knife us …”
“But nothing happens” ( repetition )
“Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”

Question 19

What is Storm on the Island about?

Answer 19

Terrorise attacks that represent nature superiority. It shows that you can cope with nature but it can still harm you.

Question 20

What is the context of Storm On The Island.

Answer 20

Seamus Heaney grew up in the “troubles” in Ireland with lots of terrorist attacks. He thought they were like nature. ( Stormont )

Question 21

3-4 quotes from Storm on the island.

Answer 21

“Blows full blast”
“It’s a huge nothing that we fear”
“Spits like a tamed cat turned savage”
“You know what I mean”

Question 22

What is Bayonet Charge about?

Answer 22

In war how soldiers were running out of the trenches. The unpreparedness of the soldiers who were thrown in at young ages. Also about the transformations of humanity into machine like people due to war they become inhumane.

Question 23

What is the context of Bayonet Charge?

Answer 23

Loss of belief and loss of love for his country. Loss of self is included all the physical act of war.

Question 24

3-4 quotes about Bayonet Charge.

Answer 24

“His terrors touchy dynamite”
“King, honour etc. Dropped like luxuries in a yelling alarm”
“Patriotic tear that brimmed his eye, sweating like molten iron from centre of his chest”

Question 25

What is Remains about?

Answer 25

A soldiers at war who killed someone and suffered from PTSD due to that death,always having to live with that memory. Power over life and death, then power over experiences, what’s left of soldiers after war.

Question 26

What is the context of Remains?

Answer 26

War can give you PTSD from the horrifying events that happened. Guilt of killing someone takes over.

Question 27

3-4 quotes from Remains

Answer 27

“His bloody life in my bloody hands.”
“End of story except not really”
“Sort of inside out, pain itself image of agony”
“Tosses his guts back into his body”

Question 28

What is Poppies about?

Answer 28

About a mother losing her son to war. It’s a 3rd persons perspective of war, Sunday of remembrance, poppies are symbolic of peace and hope.

Question 29

What is the context of Poppies?

Answer 29

Weir didn’t have a son but though as Wilfred Own as her own son. Thought about his mother suffering when he died, sacrifice.

Question 30

3-4 quotes from Poppies.

Answer 30

“ 3 days before Armistice Sunday “
“ leaned against it like a wishbone “
“ released a song bird from its cage “
“ all my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt “

Question 31

What Is War Photographer about?

Answer 31

Conflict of photos, images of people suffering from war. Conflict between ‘ rural England ‘ and war zones. The truth hurts, about criticising photographers and us for making their jobs pointless.

Question 32

What is the context of War Photographer?

Answer 32

A photographer is a job, business and gossip. Life is destructive, Duffy is trying to tell the truth, we could be thankful for the photographer because they are showing reality.

Question 33

3-4 quotes from War Photographer

Answer 33

“ spools of suffering set out in ordered rows “
“Hundreds of agonies in black and white which the editor will choose 5 or 6 “
“ readers eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers “

Question 34

What is tissue about?

Answer 34

Conflict in terms of destruction, we make our own conflict by holding onto trade gives and worrying. Let go, recycle paper,. The fragility of paper represents our fragility.

Question 35

What is the context of tissue?

Answer 35

Things aren’t made to hold onto, tragedies, things that happened whether it’s made of bricks or paper.

Question 36

3-4 quotes from tissue

Answer 36

“Paper that lets the light shine through “
“Might fly our lives like paper kites”
“Raise a structure, never meant to last”
“Turned into your skin” ( isolated paragraph )

Question 37

What is the Emigrée about?

Answer 37

Conflict of towns, emotions and memories. Town between childhood home and adulthood home. Reflecting the state of her city. Her love for her country is huge even through her city is bad.

Question 38

What is the context of The Emigrée?

Answer 38

Concept of a city can be a metaphor for memories and growth. She was an Emigrée who moved to the uk, but it wasn’t the same as it used to be.

Question 39

3-4 quotes from the Emigrée

Answer 39

“there once was a country”
“The impression of sunlight”
“I comb its hair and love its shining eyes”
“ my city hides behind me”

Question 40

What is Checking out me history about?

Answer 40

Racial identity and history changes. Conflict occurs when we see the different history being taught. We are only taught about white history not black or ethnic history.

Question 41

What is the context of Checking Out Me History?

Answer 41

From Guyana Island, has a Caribbean accent, he wanted to learn about his own black history, but people don’t care.

Question 42

3-4 quotes from Checking Out Me History

Answer 42

“Blind me from me own identity”
“Bandages up me eye with me own history”
“Dem tell me bout de cow who jumped over de moon but dem never tell me about nanny de maroon”
“Carve put me own identity”

Question 43

What is Kamikaze about?

Answer 43

Kamikaze bombings in Japan. Garlands father had a choice to sacrifice his life and be honoured by his country or live and be disowned.

Question 44

What is the context of Kamikaze?

Answer 44

Kamikaze pilots, patriotic, either die honourable or live dishonoured. WW2 flew planes into ships, a selfless sacrifice.

Question 45

3-4 quotes from Kamikaze

Answer 45

“But half way there, she thought”
“Like a huge flag waved first on way then the other in a figure of 8”
“ once a mackerel now a tuna, dark prince, muscular and dangerous”
“ he must have wondered which would have been a better way to die”