the actual poetry anthology in as little poems as possible Flashcards
Themes I will be covering in this little snapshot of hell
- Nature=
- Love=
- War=
- Loss=
- Relationships=
- Power=
- Death=
- Places=
- Time=
- People
- Conflict=
- Childhood=
- strong emotions=
- identity=
- transformation=
- urban life=
- arrogance
- fragility
- women
poems I will be using for theses themes (all but the soldier have been set previously meaning they are less likely to come up again)
- Sonnet 43
- London
- The Soldier
- A wife in London
- To Autumn
- Afternoons
- Dulce et Decorum Est
poems for nature
- The soldier
- To autumn
Quotes for nature the soldier
- ‘There shall be/ In that rich earth richer dust concealed’ (nature enhanced by England)
- dreams as happy as her day (a joyful figure contrasting with the title but shown as forgiving and maternal) - in the sestet the tone shifts to more maternal
- under an English heaven (pride and reasurace + religious connotations- lat line)
Is a sonnet
To Autumns Quotes for nature
- Seasons of mist and mellow fruitfulness (sibliance and m alliteration- seen as generous)
- Steady thy laden head across a brook (slow/ not busy / generous (thy was old fashioned for the time))
- And touch the stubble- plains with rosy hue (iambic pentametre shows cyclical nature but beauty in even in death)
3 stanzas seem to follow september october and novemeber
poems here for love and relationships
sonnet 43
a wife in London
afternoons
sonnet 43 love and relationships quotes
- to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach when feeling out of sight (syndetic list)
- I love thee (anaphora)
- But I shall love thee better after death
A wife in London quotes for love and relationships
- The street lamp glimmers cold (juxtaposition)
- the fog hangs thicker (pathetic fallacy)
- And of new love they would learn
(reference the tragedy and the irony)
Afternoons quotes for love and relationships
- in the hollows of afternoons (may reflect isolation and being alone even as married)
- behind them, at intervals (caesura-life is monotonous and their husbands fill a duty more than a partner)
- Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives (ambigous - sacrifices going unnoticed and their agency is limited)
poems for war
- The soldier
- A wife in London
- Dulce et decorum est
soldier quotes for war and conflict
- ‘If i should die, think only this of me’ (personal and his last words are assured caesura taking a pause)
- ‘dreams as happy as her day’ (even war is maternal and will take care of her followers)
- ‘In hearts at peace, under an English heaven’ (pride and reasurace + religious connotations- lat line)
Is a sonnet
A wife in London quotes for war and conflict
- the title shows how it affecte the everyday people and applied to all
- The street lamp glimmers cold (juxtaposition- shows the heartless nature of war)
- ‘He-has fallen-in the far south land…’
- ‘His hand, whom the worm now knows’
- ‘And new love that they would learn’
dulce et decorum est quotes for war and conflict
- ‘Knocked-kneed, coughing like hags’
- ‘flound’ring like a man in fire or lime…’
- regular rhyme is restrictive glory is rhymed with the old rhyme (pro patria mori)
- ‘To children ardent for some desperate glory’
poems about loss and death
a wife in London
to autumn
dulce et decorum est
a wife in london quotes for loss+ death
- The street lamp glimmers cold (juxtaposition- shows the heartless nature of war)
- ‘He-has fallen-in the far south land…’
- ‘And new love that they would learn’
to autumn quotes for loss (of innocence?)
- until they think warm days will never cease
- steady thy laden head across a brook (is filled with heavy thoughts)
- Where are the songs of Spring? Ay where are they?
dulce et decorum est quotes for loss (of naivety/ hope?) and death
- ‘Knocked-kneed, coughing like hags’
- As under the green sea, I saw him drowning
- ‘To children ardent for some desperate glory’
- regular rhyme is restrictive glory is rhymed with the old rhyme (pro patria mori)
poems for power
- Sonnet 43
- A wife in London
- London
sonnet 43 quotes for power (of love)
- to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach when feeling out of sight (syndetic list)
- I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise
- But I shall love thee better after death
- Is a sonnet which further strengthens the show of her love
A wife in London quotes for power
- like a waning taper/ the street-lamp glimmers cold
- Of meaning dazes to understand
- Of new love they would learn. (shows the abuse of power taking away from the possibilities and new life for the future)
London quotes for power
- Near where the chater’d Thames does flow (Chater’d repeated in previous line and shows a sense of wrongness that all is owned)
- Runs in blood down the Palace wall
- And blights with plagues the marriage hearse
poems for place
- London
- The soldier
- Afternoons
London quotes for place (represented by its people)
- Near where the chater’d Thames does flow (Chater’d repeated in previous line and shows a sense of wrongness that all is owned)
- The mind forged manacles I hear.
- And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (there is a sense of futility in the city but its is suggested it is not the peoples fault)
- strict rhyme scheme throughout & iambic tetra metre in the second stanza
the soldier quotes for place
- ‘There shall be/ In that rich earth richer dust concealed’ (nature enhanced by England)
- ‘dreams as happy as her day’ (even war is maternal and will take care of her followers)
- ‘In hearts at peace, under an English heaven’ (pride and reasurace + religious connotations- lat line)
Is a sonnet
Afternoons quotes for place (in society?)
- The leaves falls in ones and twos (cyclic)
- Behind them, at intervals (caesura shows the restrictive element)
- Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives (ambiguous - sacrifices going unnoticed and their agency is limited)
poems for passage of time
- Afternoons
- to Autumn
Afternoons passage of time
- in the hollows of afternoons (may reflect isolation and being alone even as married)
- Behind them. at intervals (caesura shows the restrictive element and how its an expectation over a choice)
- more unripe acorns/ expect to be taken home (cyclic nature - metaphor for young women)
to autumn passage of time
- ‘maturing sun’ & ‘soft dying day’
- ‘thou watchest the last oozing hours by hours’
- Where are the songs of Spring? Ay where are they?
poems for childhood
London
Afternoons
London quotes for childhood
- ‘Marks of weakness, marks of woes’
- anaphora of ‘in every’ in relation to ‘ Infant’s cry of fear’
- ‘How the chimney sweeper’s cry’
- ‘the youthful Harlot’s curse’
Afternoons quotes for childhood (from the mother’s perspective)
- ‘Summer is fading:’
- ‘the wind/ Is ruining the courting place’
- Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives (ambiguous - sacrifices going unnoticed and their agency is limited)
poems for strong emotions
- London
- Dulce et decorum est
London quotes for strong emotions
- ‘Marks of weakness, marks of woes’
- The mind forged manacles I hear.
- And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (there is a sense of futility in the city but its is suggested it is not the peoples fault)
- strict rhyme scheme throughout & iambic tetra metre in the second stanza
Dulce et Decorum est quotes for strong emotions
- ‘knocked-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge
- ‘In all my dreams, before my helpless sight’
- ‘To children ardent for some desperate glory’
- regular rhyme is restrictive glory is rhymed with the old rhyme (pro patria mori)
poems for identity
- the soldier
- Afternoons
the soldier quotes for identity
- ‘If i should die, think only this of me’
- ‘There shall be/ In that rich earth richer dust concealed’ (nature enhanced by England)
- under an English heaven (pride and reasurace + religious connotations- lat line)
Is a sonnet
Afternoons quotes for identity
- in the hollows of afternoons (may reflect isolation and being alone even as married)
- Behind them. at intervals (caesura shows the restrictive element and how its an expectation over a choice)
- Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives (ambiguous - sacrifices going unnoticed and their agency is limited)
poems for transformation
- Afternoons
- to autumn
to autumn quotes for transformation
- ‘maturing sun’ & ‘soft dying day’
- ‘thou watchest the last oozing hours by hours’ (calmer)
- Where are the songs of Spring? Ay where are they? (gone of admiring to melancholic)
afternoons quotes for transformation
-‘The leaves fall in ones and twos’
- ‘the wind/ Is ruining the courting place’
- more unripe acorns/ expect to be taken home (cyclic nature - metaphor for young women)
poems for urban life
- London
- A wife in London
- Afternoons
London quotes for urban life
- Near where the chater’d Thames does flow (Chater’d repeated in previous line and shows a sense of wrongness that all is owned)
- The mind forged manacles I hear.
- And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (there is a sense of futility in the city but its is suggested it is not the peoples fault)
- strict rhyme scheme throughout & iambic tetra metre in the second stanza
A wife in London quotes for urban life
- ‘The City lanes have uprolled’
- ‘The street-lamp glimmers cold’
- ‘the fog hangs thicker’
-‘And home-planned jaunts by brake and burn’
Afternoons quotes for an urban life
- ‘Summer is fading:’ (nature is fading)
- ‘Behind them, at intervals’ (too restrictive)
- ‘Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives’
poems for arrogance
litterally just afternoons
afternoons quotes for arrogance
- ‘Summer is fading:’
- each stanza is exactly 8 lines showing the rigid expectations of the time
- more unripe acorns/ expect to be taken home
poems for fragility
- London
- the soldier
dulce et decorum est
london quotes for fargility
-‘marks of weakness, marks of woe.’
- ‘And the hapless Soldier’s sigh’
- And blights with plagues the marriage hearse (there is a sense of futility in the city but its is suggested it is not the peoples fault)
- strict rhyme scheme throughout & iambic tetra metre in the second stanza
the soldier quotes for fragility
- ‘If I should die, think only this of me’
- ‘Her sigh and sounds; dreams as happy as her day’
- ABAB rhyme scheme in first octet and ABCABC rhyme scheme in the second sestet
Dulce quotes for fragility
- ‘knocked-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge
- ‘In all my dreams, before my helpless sight’
- ‘To children ardent for some desperate glory’
- regular rhyme is restrictive glory is rhymed with the old rhyme (pro patria mori)
poems for women
- a wife in London
- afternoons
- sonnet 43
sonnet 43 quotes for women
- to the depth and breadth and height/ My soul can reach when feeling out of sight (syndetic list)
- I love thee (anaphora)
- But I shall love thee better after death
- Is a sonnet which further strengthens the show of her love
afternoons quotes for women
- ‘summer is fading:’
- Behind them, at intervals’ (subordinate)
- ‘Something is pushing them/ To the side of their own lives’
a wife in London quotes for women
- of meaning dazes to understand
- ‘tis the morrow; the fog hangs thicker,’
- ‘And home-planned jaunts by brake and burn’
