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What is are 2/3 quotes for Ozymandias?

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“two vast and trunkless legs of stone”
“sneer of cold command”
“colossal wreck, boundless and bare”

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What are 2/3 quotes for London?

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“marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“the mind-forged manacles I hear”
“plagues the marriage hearse”

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Who wrote Ozymandias?

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Percy Bysse Shelley

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What are the main themes of Ozymandias?

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Transient power of nature, futility of human power, time

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Who wrote London?

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William Blake

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What are the main themes of London?

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Societal power, oppression, inequality

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What are 2/3 quotes for The Prelude?

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“troubled pleasure”
“a huge peak, black and huge”
“lustily I dipped my oars into the silent lake”

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Who wrote The Prelude?

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William Wordsworth

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What are the main themes of The Prelude?

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Nature, human power/interaction with nature, childhood

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What poems can be compared well with Ozymandias?

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My Last Duchess, London - corruption of human power

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What poems can be compared well with The Prelude?

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Storm on the Island, Exposure - the power of nature over man

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What poem can compare well with Exposure?

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Storm on the Island - reality of conflict, Ozymandias - nature as an enemy, its power over man, Bayonet Charge - questioning/the futility war

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What poems can compare well with Charge of the Light Brigade?

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Bayonet Charge, Remains - reality of war

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What poem compares well with Remains?

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War Photographer - trauma

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What poem compares well with Kamikaze?

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Poppies

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What poem compares well with Checking Out Me History?

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The Emigree - reclamation, identity, corruption of power

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What poem compares well with My Last Duchess?

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Ozymandias, London - corruption of authority

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What poem compares well with Storm On the Island?

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Ozymandias - futility of conflict/human power, nature as more powerful than man-made structures, Exposure - the reality of conflict

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What are 2/3 quotes for My Last Duchess?

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“my last Duchess”
“I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together”
“Notice Neptune…/Taming a sea-horse”

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What are the main themes of My Last Duchess?

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Misogyny/the control and objectification of women, corruption of power, possessiveness and control

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Who wrote My Last Duchess?

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Robert Browning

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When was Ozymandias written?

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1801

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When was London written?

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1790s

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When was The Prelude written?

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When was My Last Duchess written?
1840s
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Who wrote Charge of the Light Brigade?
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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What are 2/3 quotes for Charge of the Light Brigade?
“valley of death” “someone had blunder’d” *“Noble six hundred”*
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When was Charge of the Light Brigade written?
1855 - Crimean War
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Who wrote Exposure?
Wilfred Owen
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What are 2-4 quotes for Exposure?
"Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…” *“But nothing happens”* “forgotten dreams, and stare, snow-dazed” “we turn back to our dying”
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When was Exposure written?
1917
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Who wrote Storm on the Island?
Seamus Heaney
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What are 2-4 quotes for Storm on the Island?
“We are prepared” “spits like a tame cat/ turned savage” “exploding comfortably” *“Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear"*
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When was Storm on the Island written?
1966
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Who wrote Bayonet Charge?
Ted Hughes
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When was Bayonet Charge written?
1957
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What are 3 quotes for Bayonet Charge?
“bullets smacking the belly out of the air-“ *“patriotic tear”* “king, honour, human dignity, etcetera”
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Who wrote Remains?
Simon Armitage
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When was Remains written?
2008
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What are 3/4 quotes for Remains?
“probably armed, possibly not” "End of story, except not really” *“his blood shadow stays on the street"* “some distant, sun-stunned, sand-smothered land" "his bloody life in my bloody hands”
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Who wrote Kamikaze?
Beatrice Garland
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What are 3 quotes for Kamikaze?
"a shaven head full of powerful incantations" "little fishing boats strung out like bunting" "which had been the better way to die"
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Who wrote War Photographer?
Carol Ann Duffy
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What are 3/4 quotes for War Photographer?
"spools of suffering set out in ordered rows" "all flesh is grass" "running children in a nightmare heat." "he earns his living and they do not care"
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Who wrote The Emigree?
Carol Rumens
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What are the main themes for Kamikaze?
War, abuse of power, societal and ideological control
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What are the main themes for War Photographer?
Trauma, the ethics of war, the brutality of war, ignorance
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What are the main themes for Remains?
Trauma, the reality of war, the brutality of war, societal control
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What are the main themes for Bayonet Charge?
The brutality of war, patriotism, war, trauma
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What are the themes for Exposure?
Nature as an enemy, the brutality of war, stasis vs. movement
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What are the themes for Storm on the Island?
Nature's power over man, conflict, the futility of war/conflict
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What are the themes for Bayonet Charge?
War, patriotism, duty, the glorification of war
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What are 3/4 quotes for The Emigree?
"there was once a country" *"bright filled paperweight"* "They accuse me of being dark in their free city." "my shadow falls as evidence of sunlight."
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What are the themes for The Emigree?
Identity, oppression, language, conflict
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Who wrote Checking Out Me History?
John Agard
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What are 4 quotes for Checking Out Me History?
"dem tell me" "1066 and all dat" "bandage up me eye with me own history" *"I carving out me identity"*
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What are the main themes of Checking Out Me History?
Identity, oppression, culture, language, resistance
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What poem compares well with Checking Out Me History?
The Emigree - culture, language and oppression

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