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Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards

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War photographer quote about suffering

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“Spools of suffering”

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War photographer quote about countries

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“Belfast, Beirut, Phnom Penh. All flesh is grass”

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War photographer quote about the famous photo of a napalm attack in the Vietnam war

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“Running children in a nightmare heat”

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War photographer quote about ghosts

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“A half formed ghost”

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War photographer quote about blood

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“Blood stained into foreign dust”

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War photographer quote about agonies

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“A hundred agonies in black - and - white”

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War photographer quote about earning

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“He earns his living and they do not care”

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Who was war photographer written by

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Carol Ann Duffy

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What do you link war photographer to

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Exposure - nihilism

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Form and structure of war photographer

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Ordered sextets (ordering photos and soldiers)
Rhyme (predictability of war)

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Context of war photographer

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The writer was friends with 2 famous war photographers
Published in 1985 (10 years after Vietnam war)
Campaigns and protests against the war

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Author’s intention of war photographer

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Difficulties and responsibility of a war photographer (duty)

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Exposure quote about wind

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“Merciless iced east winds”

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Exposure quote about nothing

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“But nothing happens”

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Exposure quote about watching

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“Watching, we hear mad gusts”

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Exposure quote about agonies

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“Twitching agonies of men”

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Exposure quote about war

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“We only know war lasts”

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Exposure quote about snow

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“Flowing flakes that flock, pause and renew”

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Exposure quote about dreams

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“Back on forgotten dreams”

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Exposure quote about ghosts

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“Our ghosts drag home”

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Exposure quote about dying

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“We turn back to our dying”

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Who was exposure written by

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Wilfred owen

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What do you link exposure to

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War photographer on nihilism

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Form and structure of exposure

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Half rhyme - shows confusion
Starts as it begins - envelope/trapped
Quintains - predictable/commanded

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Context of exposure

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Written 1917 3 years into WW1 in the coldest winter
Cynical first hand view of war
Died just before war ended

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Authors intentions of exposure

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To show powerlessness of soldiers against nature and war

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Bayonet charge quote about tears

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“Patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye”

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Bayonet charge quote about jumping

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“Running like a man who has jumped up in the dark “

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Bayonet charge quote about a hare

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“Threw up a yellow hare that rolled like a flame”

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Bayonet charge quote about a mouth

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“It’s mouth wide”

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Bayonet charge quote about honour

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“King, honour, human dignity, etcetera”

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Bayonet charge quote about dynamite

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“His terrors touchy dynamite”

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Bayonet charge quote about a rifle

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“A rifle numb as a smashed arm”

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Who wrote bayonet charge

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Ted Hughes

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What do you link bayonet charge to

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London - over controlled

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Form and structure of bayonet charge

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No rhyme - chaotic/panic/unpredictable/uncertainty of war
Enjambement - no rest

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Context of bayonet charge

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Writer was a child in WW2 - saw post war effects
Grew up in countryside - natural imagery
Tribute to fathers suffering
Inspired by Wilfred Owen

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Authors intention in bayonet charge

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To show the brutal reality of war, and as a tribute to his father

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The émigré quote about tyrants

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“It may be at war, it may be sick with tyrants”

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The émigré quote about sunlight

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“I an branded by an impression of sunlight”

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The émigré quote about vocabulary

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“That child’s vocabulary I carried here”

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The émigré quote about tongue

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“I can’t get it off my tongue”

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The émigré quote about passport

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“I have no passport, there’s no way back at all”

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The émigré quote about paper

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“Lies down in front of me, docile as paper”

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The émigré quote about absence

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“They accuse me of absence “

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Who wrote the émigrée

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Carol rumens

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What do you link the émigrée to

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The prelude - not belonging/nature

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Form and structure of the émigrée

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Free verse, enjambement- lack of power or control
Regular stanza - corruption/control

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Context of the émigrée

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Writer born in London but lived in Belfast and wales
Traveled wildly
Focuses on identity and culture
Emigrant - someone who leaves a country

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Authors intention of émigrée

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To show a migrants personal view of displacement and connection to identity

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Kamikaze quote about history

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“A one-way journey through history”

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Kamikaze quote about the sea

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“A green-blue translucent sea”

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Kamikaze quote about fishes

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“Dark shoals of fishes flashing silver”

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Kamikaze quote about returning

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“Though he came back”

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Kamikaze quote about existing

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“They treated him as though he no longer existed”

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Kamikaze quote about not returning

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“To live as though he has never returned “

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Kamikaze quote about death

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“He must have wondered which had been the better way to die”

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Who wrote kamikaze

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Beatrice Garland

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What do you link kamikaze to

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Prelude - power of nature

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Form and structure of kamikaze

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Narrative
6 sextets - regular/predictable war, lack of control over political power
Starts in 3rd person and moves to 1st
Non-liner

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Context of kamikaze

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Kamikaze pilots were chosen by the government for suicide missions, shunned if refused
Culture based on family honour
The writer was inspired to look into why people died for their country

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Author intention of kamikaze

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To show the effects of war and consequences of decisions

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The prelude quote about ripples in the moon

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“Small circles glittering idly in the moon, until they melted all into one track”

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The prelude quote about the boat

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“My boat went heaving though the water like a swan”

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The prelude quote about the mountain

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“A huge peak, black and huge”

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The prelude quote about the shape

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“The grim shape towered up between me and the stars”

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The prelude quote about purpose

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“With purpose of its own…like a living thing, strode after me”

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The prelude quote about living men

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“Huge and mighty forms, that do not live like living men”

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Who wrote the prelude

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William Wordsworth

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What do you link the prelude to

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Kamikaze - power of nature

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Form and structure of the prelude

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No rhyme
Rhythmic like rowing
1 long stanza - like the mountain
Enjambement - heavy breathing

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Context of the prelude

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Romantic poet - natural imagery
Story of how the writer stole a boat

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Authors intention of the prelude

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To convey that every man is powerless to nature

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London quote about streets

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“I wander through each chartered street “

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London quote about marks

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“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”

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London quote about voice

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“In every voice, in every ban”

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London quote about soldiers

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“The hapless soldiers sigh”

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London quote about palace

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“Runs in blood down palace walls”

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London quote about marriage

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“Plagues the marriage hearse”

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Who wrote London

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William Blake

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What do you link London to

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Bayonet charge - control

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Form and structure of London

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Regular rhyme
Quatrains
Regular meter - control/order/containment
Lugubrious tone
End stopped lines

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Context of London

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Writer was anti- urbanisation
3 evils - church/monarchy/government
Time of king George III - French Revolution
Child labour / prostitution
Loss of nature

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Authors intention of London

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To convey the corruption and loss of natural world

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Who wrote ozymandias

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

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What do you link ozymandias to

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Exposure - powerless to nature

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Form and structure of ozymandias

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Irregular, slow rhythm - death
Sonnet 14 lines
Changes in focus
Rhyme - order and control

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Context of ozymandias

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Based on Ramasses II the great
Writer inspired by a statue

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Authors intention of ozymandias

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To convey the insignificance of human life against nature

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Who wrote my last duchess

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Robert Browning

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What do you link my last duchess to

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London - control and oppression

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Form and structure of my last duchess

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Dramatic monologue
1 sided conversation - control
Rhyming couplets - control

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Context of my last duchess

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Based on the duke of Fernando, whose wife died suspiciously
Writer takes on a poetic persona

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Authors intention of my last duchess

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Desire of complete control over another - criticism of patriarchy

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Who wrote the charge of the light brigade

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Alfred Lord Tennyson

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What do you link the charge of the light brigade to

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Bayonet charge - control over easily replicable troops

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Form and structure of the charge of the light brigade

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Rhythm of horses
Ballad
Irregular structure - fell apart
6 stanzas for the 600 men

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Context of the charge of the light brigade

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1834 - lord Cardigan led 670 to charge the enemy when they were meant to retreat
Crimean war - first war with modern technology

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Authors intention of the charge of the light brigade

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To immortalise the light brigade - died fruitfully and in vain

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Who wrote storm on the island

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Shamus Heaney

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What do you link storm on the island to

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Exposure - powerless to nature
London - powerless to oppression

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Form and structure of storm on the island

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Fast paced
Little punctuation - panic

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Context of storm on the island

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Metaphor for political arguments in Stormant in Ireland
Vulnerability on the island

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Authors intention of storm on the island

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To shows the vulnerability of people to nature and government

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Who wrote remains

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Simon Armitage

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What do you link remains to

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Bayonet charge - PTSD and effects on all

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Form and structure of remains

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Cathartic - release of emotion
Stream of consciousness
Quatrains + closing couplet - ordered army
Enjambement - fluid/conversational

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Context of remains

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Writer was interviewing soldiers with PTSD for a documentary “the not dead”
Guardsman Tromans story in Iraq

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Authors intention of remains

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Awareness of PTSD and effects of war

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Who wrote poppies

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Jane Weir

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What do you link poppies to

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Bayonet charge - tribute to those left behind

112
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Form and structure of poppies

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Free verse, no rhyme - overwhelm of loss
Enjambement - emotions spilling out
Dramatic monologue

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Context of poppies

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Poetic persona of a mother
Writer had 2 sons and was a textile designer

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Authors intention of poppies

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To show a Mothers perspective of war and loss

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Who wrote tissue

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Imtiaz Dharker

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What do you link tissue to

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Émigrée - paper and identity

117
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Form and structure of tissue

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Stream of consciousness/freedom of the mind
Quatrains - predictability of life/seasons
Cyclical - no ending

118
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Context of tissue

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Tissue as a metaphor for human life - fragile, transient, disposable
Conflicting identity - Pakistan/Glasgow
Husband had cancer for 11 years before dying

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Authors intention of tissue

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To show human life breaking free from non-spirituality

120
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Who wrote checking out me history

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John Agard

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What do you link checking out me history to

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Émigrée - embracing culture

122
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Form and structure of checking out me history

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Dual structure (italics) - separation of history
Phonetic rendition - authenticity and accent
Dem to I - ownership of identity

123
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Context of checking out me history

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Toussaint L’overture - led révolution in Haiti, bécane the First Nation free from slavery
Learning about culture
Writer saw Guyana gain independence in 1966

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Authors intention of checking out me history

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To show that education is corrupt/racist/patriarchal - carve out own identity

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