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Power And Conflict Poems Flashcards

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What is Ozymandias about?

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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

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What is the context of ozymandias?

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

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3-4 quotes from ozymandias

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“ 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”

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What is London about?

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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

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What is the context of London?

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

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3-4 quotes about London

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

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What is The Prelude about?

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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.

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What is the context of The Prelude?

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

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3-4 quotes about The Prelude?

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

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What is My last duchess about?

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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.

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What is the context of My Last Duchess?

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

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3-4 quotes about My Last Duchess.

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“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”

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What is Charge of the light Brigade about?

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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.

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What is the context of Charge of the Light Brigade?

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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.

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3-4 quotes from Charge of the Light Brigade

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“ 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”

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What is Exposure about?

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

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What is the context of Exposure?

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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

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3-4 quotes from Exposure

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“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”

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What is Storm on the Island about?

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

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What is the context of Storm On The Island.

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

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3-4 quotes from Storm on the island.

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

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What is Bayonet Charge about?

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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.

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What is the context of Bayonet Charge?

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

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3-4 quotes about Bayonet Charge.

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“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”

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What is Remains about?

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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.

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What is the context of Remains?

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

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3-4 quotes from Remains

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“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”

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What is Poppies about?

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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.

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What is the context of Poppies?

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

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3-4 quotes from Poppies.

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“ 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 “

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What Is War Photographer about?

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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.

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What is the context of War Photographer?

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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.

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3-4 quotes from War Photographer

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“ 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 “

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What is tissue about?

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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.

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What is the context of tissue?

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

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3-4 quotes from tissue

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“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 )

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What is the Emigrée about?

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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.

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What is the context of The Emigrée?

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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.

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3-4 quotes from the Emigrée

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

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What is Checking out me history about?

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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.

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What is the context of Checking Out Me History?

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

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3-4 quotes from Checking Out Me History

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“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”

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What is Kamikaze about?

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

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What is the context of Kamikaze?

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

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3-4 quotes from Kamikaze

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“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”

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