power/conflict poem structure

Question 1

structure of ‘the prelude’

Answer 1

lack of rhyme - fractured relationship between man and nature

3 parts - happy, begins to see darkness, talks of how it’s changed his perception of nature

caesura - also fractured relationship

enjambment - enacts the boat being pushed

Question 2

structure of ‘exposure’

Answer 2

rhyme - emphasises the repetitiveness of trench life and waiting for death

the rhymes that don’t rhyme - unnerve the reader

last line of each stanza is shorter - represents the pointless ness of it all

Question 3

structure of ‘tissue’

Answer 3

irregular quatrains - irregular patterns of life and flimsy nature of tissue

last line - emphasises the connection between paper and human skin, shows significance of life

Question 4

structure of ‘storm on the island’

Answer 4

enjambment - everlasting effect of storm

caesura - creates tension

present tense - creates immediacy

beginning tone —— casual and formal
end tone —— panic and fear

Question 5

structure of ‘ozymandias’

Answer 5

enjambment - power of art will never end but human power will end

blunt language - reveals how narrator doesn’t feel sympathy for the now-dead ruler

first person - shows real experience

Question 6

structure of ‘bayonet charge’

Answer 6

fast paced - soldier doesn’t have time to think

enjambment between stanzas - chaotic structure, like war chaos