Power & conflict Flashcards by //: crds

who is Percy Shelley?

a romanticist
inspired by french revolution

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name 3 quotes from ozymandias

“antique land”
“lone and level sands stretch far away”
“my name is Ozymandias, king of kings”

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what is the structure of Ozymandias?

sonnet form
irregular rhyme scheme
- poetry and literature can defy tradition and give way to new power

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what does “cold command” show?

repitition of harsh “C” sound displays the callous lack of compassion king hand

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how is ozymandias an allegory?

represntation of king geogrge II and powerful figures

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who is William Blake?

radical politcal views
sought for justice

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name 3 quotes from London

“youthful harlot’s curse”
“runs in blood down palace walls”
“black’ning church appalls”

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what is the structure of London?

cyclical structutr
1st 2nd stanza on people
3rd on suffering
4th on people again

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what is the form of London?

ABAB rhyme scheme
4 quatrains
control / oppression

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who is Robert Browning?

he married his wife in secret due to her domineering father
MLD contains a political message and criticism of society

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name 3 quotes from My Last Duchess?

“that’s my last duchess painted on the wall”
“Notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse”
“then all smiles stopped together”

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what is the structure of MLD?

traditional iambic pentameter
duke’s traditional/conservative views

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what is the form of MLD?

dramatic monologue
no speech for woman

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who is William Wordsworth?

romanticist
supported French revolution

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name 2 quotes from the Prelude?

“huge peak, black and huge”
“she was an elfin pinnace”

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what is the form of the Prelude?

epic poem (typically reaccount deeds and heoric figures)

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what is the structure of the Prelude?

cyclical structure to emphasis the change the took place was internal and psychological

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who is Seamus Heany?

Northern Ireland
poem said to be an extended metaphor for the political issues in Northern ireland

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name 3 quotes from soti

“spits like a tame cat turned savage”
“when it blows full Blast:”

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what is the form in soti?

dramatic monologue
Heany uses the poem as an autobiography of Irish culture

what is the structure of soti?

“house squat / good slate” creates cyclical structure displays the resilience of the islanders
volta: optimistic to fearful

who is Ted Hughes?

war poet
grew up in post war era
wanted to highlight the brutality of trench warfare

name 3 quotes from Bayonet Charge?

“raw In raw-seemed hot khaki, his sweat heavy”
“dazzled with rifle fire”
“cold clockwork”

what is the form of Bayonet Charge?

3 stanzas with 8,7, and 8 lines
media res
chaos and disorientation

what is the structure of Bayonet charge?

enjambment matches intesnity of the panic and fear felt by the soldiers

who is Wilfred Owen?

disillusioned by his role as a soldier known to suffer from shellshock

name 3 quotes from Exposure?

"merciless iced east winds that knive us" "sudden successive flights" "what are we doing here"

what is the structure of Exposure?

"but nothing happens" cyclical structure + anaphora futility of war

who was Tennyson?

poet laureate glorify war to the british public to defend positions of briish aristocracy crimean war

name x quotes from Charge of the Lightbrigade

"noble six hundred" imperative "cannon" repetition "valley of death" / "mouth of hell"

what is the form in charge of the light brigade?

ballad; to memorialise the people who were killed

what is the structure in charge of the light brigade?

dactylic diameter to mirror the rhythm of a horse running into battle

name 3 quotes from emigree

"there was once a country" "sunlight" "i have no passaport"

what is the structure in the Emigree?

repitition of "they" creates an agressive and accusatory tone to make the city seem threatning and hostile

what is the form in the Emigree?

the free verse and no rhythm can display the lack of harmony and the chaos of the country

who is Carol An Duffy and what is War photographer?

poet laureate based on the vietnam war

quotes from war photographer?

"he a priest preparing to intone a mass" "solutions slop" "Sunday's supplement"

what is the structure of war photographer?

cyclical structure creates a sense of futile repitition and continuation of past mistakes

what are the quotes from poppies?

"three days before Armistice Sunday" "the world overflowing like a treasure chest"

what is the structure of poppies?

free verse; speaker's uncesored, true thoughts enjambment, fragmented feeling

quotes from remains

"his bloody life in my bloody hands" "i see every round as it rips through his life"

structure in remains

emjambment and i swear // i see every round as it rips through is life violent imagery also speaker is unable to separtae events

quotes from kamikaze?

"green-blue translucent sea" "shoals of fishes flashing silver as their bellies swivelled towards the sun" "a tune, the dark prince, muscular, dangerous"

structure for kamikaze?

free verse emjambemnt

quotes for Checking out me History

"dem tell me" "blind me to my own identity"

what is the structure of Checking out me Hisotry?

each stanza with "dem tell me" enjamment

quotes for tissue?

"but let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths" "roads, rail tracks" "living tissue"

what is the structure of tissue?

written in quatrains; shows restrictive human power final line is single to emphasise human power and materialism can be broken