sturctures of poems Flashcards
1
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if
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- advisatory for son
- iambic pentameter ABAB - balanced life
- rules of life - man of high virtues
- do not go gentle - advice
2
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blessing
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- scarcity of water and struggle of those in poverty
- first stanza short - desperate
- last stanzas long - chaos when water arrives
- tyger - wonder and awe
3
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search for my tongue
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- fears of losing idenityt when studying in america
- free verse - uncontroll as her language comes back
- piano - memories
4
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half past two
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- experience of being a child with imbalance of power
- criticsl of education system - affetced the child significsntly
- free verse - childs lack of time
- enjambment - relentless time going on forever
- hide and seek - childhood
5
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piano
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- autobiographical of narrators childhood memories
- misses life when it was much simipler but feels foolish for weeping like a child
- music can evoke powerfull and deeply personal emotions
- AABB enjambment - sound of mucis
- search for tongue - memories
6
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hide and seek
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- childhood neglect and rejection
- initially exited, abandonment - sinister tone
- one long stanza - free verse - time relentless going on for ages where child matures - life lesson
- half past two
7
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sonnet 116
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- love is unchangeleable and constant til the end of time if not its not real
- imabic pentameter - heart beat and constant throughout life - stays the same - never changes
- remeber - love
8
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la belle dame
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- knight falls inlove with a mystical supernatural woman who abondons him and leaves him to die
- love reuslts in pain
- ABAC - unease
9
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war photographer
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- challenges faced by those who document horrifying events
- apathy of the west and taken for granted privilegde
- rhyming couplet - control of chaos - control of his emotions
- cyclical structure
- blessing - powerful images
10
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tyger
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- gods creation of immense beauty and power
- potential for evil
- trochaic tetrameter - blacksmith of god working to create tiger
11
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my last duchess
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-n dramnatic monologue - arrogant
- throughout we learn the obssesive and jealous nature tof the duke
- imabic pentameter regular AABB rhyme scheme - controlling nature
12
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do not go gentle
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- narrator encourages father close to death to reject it
- powerful and clear message employed through extensive repetition
- imabic pentameter - beating of a heart and steady and more likely to remeber , enocuragement
13
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rememeber
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- range of emotion one feels close to death
- inititall slef fish and want to be remember but then realises thie would cuase her oartener greater sadness so volta and sets aside her desires and allows partner to do whate evet they wish
- imabic pentameter - more likely to remeber and beating of a heart
