Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards
Ozymandias
The lone and…
“The lone and level sands stretch far away”
My Last Duchess
That’s my last…
“That’s my last duchess painted on the wall”
The Prelude
One summer…
“One summer evening (led by her)”
Storm on the Island
Spits like…
“Spits like a tame cat turned savage”
Bayonet Charge
Suddenly he…
“Suddenly he awoke and was running”
London
Every black’ning…
“Every black’ning church appals”
My Last Duchess
Sir Twas not her…
“Sir Twas not her husbands presence only, called that spot of joy”
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Into the valley of…
“Into the valley of death
Rode the six hundred”
Exposure
Attacks once more in…
“Attacks once more in ranks in shivering ranks of grey”
My Last Duchess
Together down, sir. …
“Together down, sir. Notice Neptune though”
London
I wonder through…
“I wonder through each chartered street”
The Charge of the Light Brigade
They that had…
“They that had fought so well”
The Prelude
The horizons bound…
“The horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge”
Bayonet Charge
In what cold…
“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations”
The Prelude
She was an…
“She was an elfin pinnace”
Ozymandias
Half sunk…
“Half sunk a shattered visage lies”
The Charge of the Light Brigade
When can their…
“When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!”
Exposure
Sudden…
“Sudden successive flight of bullets streak the silence”
Ozymandias
Two vast…
“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”
Storm on the Island
Exploding comf…
“Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs”
Poppies
Sellotape bandaged…
“Sellotape bandaged around my hand I rounded up as many cat hairs as I could”
Checking out me History
Dem tell me bout 10…
“Dem tell me bout 1066 and all dat”
Remains
Well myself and…
“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else”
Bayonet Charge
King hono…
“King honour, human dignity, etcetera”
The Emigrée
It may be…
“It may be at war”
Checking out me History
Dem tell me…
“Dem tell me
Dem tell me
Wha dem want to tell me”
Storm on the Island
We are prepared: …
“We are prepared : we build our houses squat”
Remains
I see every…
“I see every round as it rips through his life. I see broad daylight on the other side”
Exposure
Our brains ache in the…
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive”
Kamikaze
Her father embarked at…
“Her father embarked at sunrise with a flask of water, a samurai sword”
Poppies
All my words…
“All my words
Flattened, rolled, turned into felt”
London
How the youthful…
“How the youthful harlots curse blasts the new born infants tear”
Kamikaze
Till gradually we too learned to…
“Till gradually we too learned to be silent, to live as though we had never returned”
War Photographer
Spools of…
“Spoils of suffering set out in ordered rows”
Tissue
Paper th…
“Paper thinned by age or touching”
Remains
His blood sh…
“His blood shadow stays on the street”
War Photographer
From which his ed…
“From which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement”
Tissue
Paper that lets the…
“Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things”
Poppies
On reaching the top…
“On teaching the top of the hill
I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial”
War Photographer
A hundred ag…
“A hundred agonies in black and white”
The Emigrée
There was once a cou…
“There was once a country… I left it as a child”
The Emigrée
The worst news of it…
“The worst news of it cannot break my original view, the bright, filled paperweight”
Checking out me History
But now I checking out me…
“But now I checking out me history I carving out me identity”
Kamikaze
The dark shoals of fishes flashing…
“The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies”
