Power And Conflict Poetry Flashcards

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Ozymandias

The lone and…

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“The lone and level sands stretch far away”

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My Last Duchess

That’s my last…

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“That’s my last duchess painted on the wall”

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The Prelude

One summer…

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“One summer evening (led by her)”

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Storm on the Island

Spits like…

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“Spits like a tame cat turned savage”

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Bayonet Charge

Suddenly he…

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“Suddenly he awoke and was running”

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London

Every black’ning…

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“Every black’ning church appals”

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My Last Duchess

Sir Twas not her…

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“Sir Twas not her husbands presence only, called that spot of joy”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

Into the valley of…

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“Into the valley of death

Rode the six hundred”

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Exposure

Attacks once more in…

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“Attacks once more in ranks in shivering ranks of grey”

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My Last Duchess

Together down, sir. …

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“Together down, sir. Notice Neptune though”

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London

I wonder through…

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“I wonder through each chartered street”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

They that had…

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“They that had fought so well”

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The Prelude

The horizons bound…

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“The horizons bound, a huge peak, black and huge”

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Bayonet Charge

In what cold…

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“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations”

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The Prelude

She was an…

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“She was an elfin pinnace”

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Ozymandias

Half sunk…

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“Half sunk a shattered visage lies”

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

When can their…

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“When can their glory fade?

O the wild charge they made!”

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Exposure

Sudden…

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“Sudden successive flight of bullets streak the silence”

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Ozymandias

Two vast…

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“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone”

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Storm on the Island

Exploding comf…

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“Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs”

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Poppies

Sellotape bandaged…

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“Sellotape bandaged around my hand I rounded up as many cat hairs as I could”

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Checking out me History

Dem tell me bout 10…

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“Dem tell me bout 1066 and all dat”

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Remains

Well myself and…

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“Well myself and somebody else and somebody else”

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Bayonet Charge

King hono…

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“King honour, human dignity, etcetera”

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The Emigrée

It may be…

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“It may be at war”

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Checking out me History

Dem tell me…

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“Dem tell me
Dem tell me
Wha dem want to tell me”

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Storm on the Island

We are prepared: …

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“We are prepared : we build our houses squat”

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Remains

I see every…

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“I see every round as it rips through his life. I see broad daylight on the other side”

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Exposure

Our brains ache in the…

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“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive”

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Kamikaze

Her father embarked at…

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“Her father embarked at sunrise with a flask of water, a samurai sword”

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Poppies

All my words…

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“All my words

Flattened, rolled, turned into felt”

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London

How the youthful…

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“How the youthful harlots curse blasts the new born infants tear”

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Kamikaze

Till gradually we too learned to…

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“Till gradually we too learned to be silent, to live as though we had never returned”

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War Photographer

Spools of…

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“Spoils of suffering set out in ordered rows”

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Tissue

Paper th…

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“Paper thinned by age or touching”

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Remains

His blood sh…

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“His blood shadow stays on the street”

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War Photographer

From which his ed…

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“From which his editor will pick out five or six for Sunday’s supplement”

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Tissue

Paper that lets the…

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“Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things”

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Poppies

On reaching the top…

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“On teaching the top of the hill

I traced the inscriptions on the war memorial”

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War Photographer

A hundred ag…

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“A hundred agonies in black and white”

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The Emigrée

There was once a cou…

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“There was once a country… I left it as a child”

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The Emigrée

The worst news of it…

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“The worst news of it cannot break my original view, the bright, filled paperweight”

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Checking out me History

But now I checking out me…

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“But now I checking out me history I carving out me identity”

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Kamikaze

The dark shoals of fishes flashing…

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“The dark shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies”