Poems Flashcards
“I met a traveler from an antique land”
Ozymandias, shows how unimportant Ozymandias is now
“King of kings”
Ozymandias, presents what a great ruler Ozymandias used to be”
“Round the decay of that colossal wreck”
Ozymandias, An oxymoron to show the power of nature
“each charted street, where the charted Thames does flow”
London, Suggest that the whole city is affected by the power of authority
“The mind-forged manacles I hear”
London, the public is influenced in every way even their thoughts
“The horizon’s bound”
The prelude, hyperbole to describe the size of the mountain
My last duchess’s form
Dramatic monologue, enjambment- he gets carried away duke’s anger and passions, rhyming couplets- duke’s desire of control
London’s form
ABAB rhyme scheme symbolizes that deprivation was thought to be inescapable
“That’s my last duchess painted on the wall”
It makes the duke sound like he owns the Duchess, “that’s”- lack of respect
Charge of the light brigade- constant repetition “Half a league, half a league”, “rode the six hundred”
The rhythm makes it sound like galloping horses and soldier’s heartbeat,
“Into the jaws of death”
“Into the mouth of hell”
Death and hell is being personified to make it seem like the soldiers cannot escape from their death, anaphora
“the merciless iced east winds that knive us”
Exposure, Nature is being personified to make it seem like nature is the one attacking them
The first and the last stanza both ends with “but nothing happens”
Reflects the monotony the soldiers had to face, absence of change,
Half line represents their boredom and tension
What does “Storm on the Island” stand for?
Stormont- the conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland
“Suddenly he awoke and was running”
Bayonet charge- reflects what the soldiers had to face dumped into the middle of nowhere, the reader are given no context, lack of ease the solders had
