Power and Conflict Comparisons

Question 1

Kamikaze

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Answer 1

“and enough fuel for a one way journey into history”. This quote suggests that the pilot is flying into certain death.

Question 2

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Answer 2

“a samurai sword”. This suggests that being a Kamikaze is quite a patriotic thing to do. It is looked down upon if you do not carry it out.

Question 3

Charge of the Light Brigade

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“Into the valley of death rode the six hundred”. This also suggests that the soldiers are riding into certain death.

Question 4

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Answer 4

“Honour the Light Brigade” This suggests that you should be proud of what the Light Brigade achieved because it was such a heroic mission.

Question 5

The Comparison

Answer 5

The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about national pride. However the man that was meant to carry out the Kamikaze mission didn’t therefore he was looked down upon by his family. Whereas the Light Brigade were heroic therefore they are honoured and praised heavily in the poem.

Question 6

Ozymandias

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Answer 6

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings”. This suggests that he is proud of his powerful position. He is being boastful and arrogant about the position that he is in.

Question 7

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Answer 7

“Look on my works ye mighty and despair”. This is implying that those who see him should feel sad and unhappy about themselves because they aren’t in such a privileged position. He is being boastful once again.

Question 8

My Last Duchess

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Answer 8

“That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall”. This suggests that the last Duchess belongs to him.

Question 9

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Answer 9

“At starting is my object”. This suggests that he believes the Duchess belongs to him. He views her very primitively.

Question 10

Comparison

Answer 10

The comparison between these two poems is that in both poems the two men are viewing their belongings very primitively. They are very proud of their achievements.

Question 11

London

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Answer 11

“Marks of weakness, marks of woe”. This suggests that as the man is walking through London, the desperation is etched across the people’s faces. They are in a desperate situation.

Question 12

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Answer 12

“How the chimney-sweeper’s cry”. This suggests that the children that are forced to sweep the chimney’s are being reduced to tears because their work is so painful and arduous.

Question 13

Checking out me history

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Answer 13

“Blind me to me own identity”. This man is being hidden away from his own identity by the British education system.

Question 14

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Answer 14

“Dem tell me wha dem want to tell me”. The British Education system is controlling what the man learns and what schoolchildren learn rather than letting them learn about their own history.

Question 15

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that in both poems a group of people are being oppressed for others gain.

Question 16

Exposure

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“But nothing happens”. This suggests that this group of soldiers’ experiences in the First World War were very dull and very monotonous. It also suggests that the boredom of war drove the soldiers crazy and severely affected the men’s mental states. The soldiers are also powerless to what is going on.

Question 17

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“We only know war lasts”. This again reinforces the message that the soldiers are powerless to what is going on. They are just under the command of the generals and the people that are above them.

Question 18

Bayonet Charge

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Answer 18

“In bewilderment then he almost stopped”. This suggests that the soldier was confused and muddled as to what was going on. It also suggests that he was confused due to the effects of war. War was having a negative effect on the soldier.

Question 19

Comparison

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The comparison between these two poems is that they are both about war having an effect on the soldiers that partake in the conflict.

Question 20

Remains

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Answer 20

“I walk right over it week after week”. This suggests that the man is still affected by what he saw and it will always haunt him. He is permanently scarred by what he saw.

Question 21

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“The image of agony”. This suggests that what the man saw is horrific. Also it suggests that it will always be in his mind due to the fact that it was so harrowing.

Question 22

Kamikaze

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Answer 22

“My mother never spoke again in his presence”. This suggests that because he didn’t carry out the mission, his mother is refusing to speak to him. His mother is ashamed and the son has shamed the family honour.

Question 23

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about events that have haunted people forever.

Question 24

Poppies

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Answer 24

“Hoping to hear your playground voice catching on the wind”. This suggests that the mother has lost her son in battle and she is reminiscing about when she used to pick him up from school.

Question 25

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“I pinned one onto your lapel”. The mother is remembering when she used to remember those who had died in battle with her son on Armistice Day.

Question 26

Exposure

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“What are we doing here”. This suggests that the soldiers are yearning for home because of the boredom of war.

Question 27

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about how war has affected people’s personal lives.

Question 28

Checking Out Me History

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Answer 28

“Bandage up me eye with me own history”. This suggests that the British education system is blinding him from his own identity and his own culture.

Question 29

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Answer 29

“but dem never tell me bout Mary Seacole”. This is an example of what he isn’t being taught at school.

Question 30

The Emigree

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Answer 30

“banned by the state”. This suggests that the town that the girl used to live in was a dictatorship because they banned certain things.

Question 31

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about the abuse of power and what people do to combat it. It is also about not hiding people from their own identity when you are educating them.

Question 32

Charge of the Light Brigade

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Answer 32

“Honour the Light Brigade”. This suggests that the public will respect the Light Brigade because of the honourable sacrifice that they have made.

Question 33

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“Noble Six hundred”. The Light Brigade are respected and honoured because of the fact that they gave their lives. The public will react positively.

Question 34

War Photographer

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Answer 34

“He earns his living and they do not care”. This suggests that despite the fact that he has photographed some distressing events, the people he is with don’t care. It becomes a throwaway thing.

Question 35

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“The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the tears and pre-lunch beers”. This suggests that he doesn’t care and it becomes something in someone’s normal routine.

Question 36

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about the public’s reaction to things. The public reacted positively to the Light Brigade’s sacrifice whereas the public reacted negatively to the photographs that the man had taken. The public reacted in a throwaway manner and they reacted as if they didn’t care.

Question 37

Storm on the Island

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“Forgetting that it pummels your house too”. This suggests that however much you prepare you will always be affected by Mother Nature in some way.

Question 38

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“Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear”. This suggests that Mother Nature isn’t feared of because it is so much a part of our lives

Question 39

Extract from the Prelude

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Answer 39

“And were a trouble to my dreams”. This suggests that this man’s experience with Mother Nature has affected him.

Question 40

Comparison

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The comparison between the two poems is that they are both about people’s experience with Mother Nature.

Question 41

My Last Duchess

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“Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me”. This suggests that the man is ostentatious and likes to show off his possessions. Also the man says “cast in bronze for me” which suggests that he might be quite selfish and quite boastful about his wealth.

Question 42

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“Taming a sea-horse”. This could be a reference to the Last Duchess. This suggests that the man is quite misogynistic towards her. Also he may of had her killed.

Question 43

London

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“How the Chimney-sweeper’s cry”. This is critical of the class system at that time because working class children were forced to do hard labour whereas the elite were swanning around.

Question 44

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“How the youthful harlot’s curse”. This is referencing a prostitute who is forced to sell herself to make some money and earn a living.

Question 45

Comparison

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The comparison between these two poems is that they are both critical of the British class system.