Anthology Poems Flashcards
(60 cards)
Bayonet Charge - summary
Soldier in World War 1, have to use his bayonet.
Bayonet Charge - link to power/conflict
Portrays brutality of war, and how it is damaging in all ways (physical, emotional, psychological).
Bayonet Charge - key quotations
“The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye”
“In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations / Was he the hand pointing that second?”
“King, honour, human dignity, etcetera”
Bayonet Charge - structural point
Lack of rhyme scheme or constant rhythm - mirrors the unpredictableness of war.
Charge of the Light Brigade - summary
Battle of Balaclava - 600 British soldiers rode into death.
Charge of the Light Brigade - link to power/conflict
Portrays the power in authority, and how all the soldiers died bravely un der the orders of that authority.
Charge of the Light Brigade - key quotations
“Half a league, half a league, / Half a league onward,”
“Into the valley of Death / Rode the six hundred.”
“Cannon to right of them, / Cannon to left of them, / Cannon in front of them”
Charge of the Light Brigade - structural point
Use of consistent repetition - emphasises relentlessness of the charge.
Ozymandias - summary
Statue of Ozymandias is left broken in an empire that no longer stands.
Ozymandias - link to power/conflict
Portrays the power of nature, and how it is stronger than whatever impact you try and make.
Ozymandias - key quotations
“The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;”
“‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: / Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’”
“Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, / The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
Ozymandias - structural point
Unusual rhyme scheme (ABABACDCEDEFEF) - emphasising poem’s theme of decay.
London - summary
Walking through London, seeing all the faults.
London - link to power/conflict
Portrays the unfair power the higher classes hold over the lower, as the upper classes are made from the expense of the lower classes.
London - key quotations
“And mark in every face I meet / Marks of weakness, marks of woe.”
“Runs in blood down palace walls.”
“And blights with plagues the marriage hearse.”
London - structural point
Use of repetition - emphasises relentlessness nature of the lower class life in London.
My Last Duchess - summary
Duke of Ferrara - talks about his late wife, slowly becomes more jealous.
My Last Duchess - link to power/conflict
Portrays the power the Duke holds over his late wife, as he holds her as if she were his possession.
My Last Duchess - key quotations
“That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, / Looking as if she were alive.”
“E’en then would be some stooping; and I choose / Never to stoop.”
“I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together.”
My Last Duchess - structural point
Dramatic monologue - emphasises the amount of control the Duke has.
Remains - summary
Soldier with PTSD - guilt over killing somebody.
Remains - link to power/conflict
Portrays the power soldiers have over the civilians in a war zone.
Remains - key quotations
“On another occasion, we get sent out / to tackle looters raiding a bank.”
“probably armed, possibly not.”
“but near to the knuckle, here and now, / his bloody life in my bloody hands.”
Remains - structural point
Use of enjambment - mirrors unending thoughts about his guilt.
