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Power and Conflict Poetry Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Remains: Two quotes?

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“His bloody life in my bloody hands.”

“Sleep an he’s probably armed possibly not.”

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Remains: Form and structure??

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Monologue- told in present tense to convey a flashback

Enjambment between lines = conversational tone

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Remains: context??

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Written to coincide with a TV documentary about PTSD

To show read that mental suffering lasts post-conflict

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Charge of The Light Brigade: Two Quotes??

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“Jaws of death”

“Noble six hundred”

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Charge of The Light Brigade: Form and structure??

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A ballad- written to remember historic events

Structure breaks down over time becoming more awkward.
Reflects the chaos of battle.

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Charge of The Light Brigade: context??

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Written to glorify soldiers in Crimean War

To draw attention to a commanders who’d “blunder’d”

Controversial point- as blind devotion to power = expected

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Exposure: quotes??

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“the merciless iced east winds that knive us”

“mad gusts tugging on the wire”

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Exposure: form and structure??

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Repetition of “nothing happens” = cyclical structure = never ending suffering

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Exposure: Context??

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Written by an actual soldier in 1917

Highlights the tragedy and futility of war, but he’s not bitter about his suffering

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Bayonet Charge: Quotes??

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“Cold clockwork of the stars and nations”

“King, honour, human dignity… dropped like luxuries”

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Bayonet Charge: Form and Structure??

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Starts ‘In medias res’: in the middle of the action to convey shock and fast pace

Time stands still in 2nd stanza = soldier’s reflective thoughts and confusion

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Bayonet Charge: Context??

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Published in 1957 and set in WW1

Contrast between idealism of patriotism and reality of killing

Poet’s father died in WW1- written to draw attention to hardships of trench war.

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Poppies: Quotes??

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“Play at being Eskimos”

“Hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind”

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Poppies: Form and Structure??

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Elegy- poem of mourning

Enjambment = anecdotal tone

No rhyme scheme = melancholic

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Poppies: Context??

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Ambiguous = a timeless relevance to all mothers and families

Hints of criticism- soldiers are intoxicated by the glamour of the military

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War Photographer: Quotes??

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“Blood stained into a foreign dust”

“Running children in a nightmare heat”

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War Photographer: Form and Structure??

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Enjambment- Reinforces the world is out of order

Rhyme- He’s trying to bring order to a chaotic world

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War Photographer: Context??

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Brutality of war and
desensitisation

Inspired by her friendship with a war photographer

Location = ambiguous and universal

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Kamikaze: Quotes??

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“Head full of powerful incantations”

“Dark Shoals of fish flashing silver”

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Kamikaze: Form and Structure??

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Direct speach provides a personal tone

Third person narrative- distance between daughter and father.

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Kamikaze: Context??

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Cowardice = shame in wartime Japan

Beauty of nature VS honour

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The Emigree: Quotes??

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“It may be sick with tyrants, but i am branded by an impression of sunlight”

“I left it as a child”

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The Emigree: Form and Structure??

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First person

Last line of each stanza references sunlight= love and positivity for the city

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The Emigree: Context??

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Memories of her home city that she’s forced to flee

Home country = unknown.
Gives the poem timeless relevance.

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Checking out me history: Quotes??

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“Toussaint de beacon”,
Nanny de maroon = “Fire-woman”

“Bandage up me eye with me own history”

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Checking out me history: Form???

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Quatrains ( with Enjambment + non-standard phonetics )

Rhymes reflect calypso (carib) music - CULTURE

Black history sections = Free verse

Traditional history = nursery rhyme structure - Mockingly

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Checking out me history: context??

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Poem challenges racism and prejudice

History of UK = Eurocentric

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Ozymandias: Quotes??

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“Look on my works, ye Mighty and Despair”

“A shattered visage lies”

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Ozymandias: Form and Structure??

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Sonnet + iambic pentameter , but structure changes in line 9.
Human structures can decay.

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Ozymandias: Context???

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Written by a romantic poet.
Power of nature + emotion

Poet hated the concept of a monarchy. Power = temporary.

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Extract from the Prelude: Quotes??

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“She was an elfin pinnace”

“a huge peak, black and huge, as if with voluntary power instinct, upreared its head”

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Extract from the Prelude: Form and Structure??

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First person narrative = personal poem

Regular rhythm + enjambment = effect of natural speech

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Extract from the Prelude: Context???

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Romantic poet- explores theme of nature and how it shapes humans

We should respect nature

Prelude = story of the poets life

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Storm on the Island: Quotes??

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“Space is a salvo”

“Exploding comfortably”

‘pummels’, ‘exploding’, ‘spits’

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Storm on the Island: form and structure

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Blank verse + enjambment =
conversational + anecdotal tone.

‘We’ = first person plural
COUPLED WITH
‘You’ = direct address

Reader feels immersed in experience

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Storm on the Island: Context??

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Title spells ‘Stormont’ = NI’s Parliament

Metaphor for the political storm that was building in the country at the time.

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London: Quotes??

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“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”

“Mind-forged manacles”

“Runs in blood down palace walls”

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London: Form and Structure??

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Dramatic monologue + first-person narrator

Simple ABAB rhyme scheme- reflects unrelenting misery + pattern of his footsteps as he walks around the city.

Stanzas 1,2, and 4= Focus on People

Stanza 3 = focus on institution

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London: Context??

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Work influenced by his radical political views: social + racial equality

Questioned the decisions of Govt

Focuses on how innocence is lost and society is corrupt

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Tissue: Quotes??

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“The sun shines through their border lines”

“Pages smoothed and stroked and turned”

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Tissue: Form and Structure??

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Lack of rhythm = freedom and openness

Short stanzas = many layers (human life through layers)

Enjambment between lines = flowing movement

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Tissue: Context???

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Poet born in Pakistan

Questions fragility of humanity

Tissues represent human tissue and paper.

Paper = fragile, but dictates human life.

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