Eng lit - poems Flashcards by Marcus Groutage

What are the themes in If?

-Masculinity
-Success/defeat
-Identity
-Dreams

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What are the key structure/form in if?

-Four stanzas of equal length with (AA,BB,CC,DD) rhyme scheme

-Iambic pentameter - keeps upbeat and informative tone of the poem

-Commanding/persuasive tone

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What are the key literary devices in If?

-Repetition
-Anaphora
-Enjambment
-Caesura

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What poems would you compare if to?

Prayer before birth

Piano

Poem at thirty nine

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What emotions does If evoke?

-Compassion
-Empathy
-Passion
-Courage
-Gratitude

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What are the key themes in prayer before birth?

-Birth
-Struggles of life
-Horrors of the modern world
-Fear of the inevitable corruption of innocence

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What is the structure/form of prayer before birth?

-Free verse
-Lack of rhyming scheme
-Anaphora
-Stanzas get larger - highlights how fears grow as you get older
-A fractured stanzas - Discomfort

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What are the literary devices in prayer before birth?

-Caesura
-Enjambment
-Beseeching/contemplative tone
-Tone of despair from a speaker of innocence
-Repetition of personal pronoun

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Which poems would you compare prayer before birth with?

-If
-Hide and seek

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Which emotions does prayer before birth evoke?

-Anxiety
-Fear
-Guilt
-Hope

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What are the key themes in blessing?

-Poverty
-Gift of god
-Struggles for survival

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What is the structure/form of blessing?

-Free verse
-No set rhyme scheme
-Miraculous tone

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Which literary devices are in blessing?

-Alliteration
-Enjambment
-Imagery
-Juxtaposition/oxymoron
-Caesura

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Which poems can you compare blessing to?

-The tyger
-Hide and seek
-Prayer before birth

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Which emotions are evoked in the poem blessing?

-Sorrow

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What are the key themes in search for my tongue?

-Sense of belonging
-Difficulties of integrating into a new culture
-Culture and identity

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What is the form/structure in search for my tongue?

-Written in free verse
-Middle section written in Gujarati
-Tonal shift

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What are the literary devices in search for my tongue?

-Imagery
-Alliteration
-Apprehensive tone
-Tone of relief

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What poems can you compare search for my tongue to?

-Prayer before birth
-Half-caste
-If

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Which emotions does search for my tongue evoke?

-Tone of relief
-Sorrow

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What is the key theme of half past 2?

-Childhood memory
-Reality of life
-Childhood vernicular
-Sense of abandonment

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What is the structure/form in half past 2?

-Tercets
-Free verse
-Capitalization of particular words
-Tone of confusion/disorientation

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What are the literary devices in half past two?

-Enjambment
-Imagery
-Personification of the clock
-Compound words

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What poems can you compare half past two?

-Prayer before birth
-Hide and seek
-Piano

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Which feelings does half past two evoke?

-Disorientation -Sorrow

What are the key themes in piano?

-Love and relationships -Wishes to repeat childhood -Adult life is full of concerns -Sense of protection

What is the structure of piano?

-3 quatrains -Constant pace -Melancholic/sentimental/lamenting tone -First person format - psychological dimension

What are the literary devices in piano?

-Enjambment -Caesura -Emotive language

What to compare piano to?

-poem at thirty nine -If

Which emotions does piano evoke?

-Sorrow -Grief -Sadness

What are the key themes in hide and seek?

-Abandonment -Nervousness -Bullying and cruelty -Innocence and naivity

Which emotions are evoked in hide and seek?

-Fear -Terror -Sorrow -Sympathy

What is the structure/form in hide and seek?

-Second person perspective -Free verse -Long stanza - represents time waiting alone

What are the literary devices used in Hide and seek?

-Caesura -Alliteration -Pitiful tone -Verisimilitude -Personification

Which poems would you compare hide and seek with?

-Piano -Prayer before birth -Half past two

What are the key themes in sonnet 116?

-Beauty -Love is worth fighting for if it is true love

What emotions does sonnet 116 evoke?

-Love and beauty

What is the form/structure in sonnet 116?

-Single stanza -First person -Rhyme (ABAB) -Iambic pentameter

What are the literary devices used in sonnet 116?

-Personification -Alliteration -Caesura

Which poems do you compare sonnet 116 to?

-La belle dam sans merci -My last duchess -Poem at 39

What are the key themes in la belle dam sans merci?

-Beauty -Dreams -Love -Death -Fem Fatale

What are the emotions evoked in la belle dam sans merci?

-Remorse -Abandonment -Sadness -Pain

What is the structure in La belle dam sans merci?

-Ballad -Quatrain -Last quatrain written in iambic diameter

What are the literary devices in la belle dam sans merci?

-Anaphora -Metaphor -Caesura -Allusion -Imagery

Which poems can you compare la belle dam sans merci to?

My last duchess

What are the key themes in poem at thirty nine?

-Reflection on the impact of a father like figure -Her father was altruistic

What is the form/structure of poem at 39?

-Free verse -Six stanzas -Elegiac tone -Contemplative tone -First person

What are the literary devices in poem at thirty nine?

-Enjambment -Repetition -Nostalgia - looking back on the past

What are the emotions that poem at thirty nine evokes on the audience?

-Sorrow/sympathy

Which poems do you compare poem at thirty nine to?

What are the key themes in war photographer?

-Agonies of war -Relentlessness of war

What is the structure/form in war photographer?

-Four stanzas -Rhyme scheme -Enjambment -Third person

What are the literary devices in war photographer?

-Alliteration -Metaphor -Syntactically positioned phrases -Sibilance -Sinister tone -Juxtaposition

What are the emotions evoked in war photographer?

-Sorrow/sympathy for war photographers

Which poems do you compare war photographer to?

Blessing

What are the key themes in the tyger?

-Inequalities in society -Mysteries of god's creation -God's omnipotence/supremacy -Why god made evil and vulnerable

What are the key emotions evoked in the tyger?

-Bravery -Fear

What is the structure/form in the tyger?

-Six stanzas -Trochaic tetrameter -Tyger spelt incorrectly -Epizeuxis (repitions with immediate succesion) -Rhyme scheme

What are the literary devices in the tyger?

-Alliteration -Enjambment -Rhetorical questions -Sense of mystery -Imagery

Which poems can you compare the tyger to?

-Blessing -Prayer before birth -War photographer

What are the key themes in my last duchess?

-Death -Love -power (Patriarchal apprehension) -Male domination

Which poems to compare my last duchess to?

-If -Prayer before birth -La belle dam sans merci

What are the literary devices in my last duchess?

-Enjambment -Alliteration -Tricolon -Ceasura

What is the structure/form in my last duchess?

-Dramatic monologue -First person perspective -Iambic pentameter -Dark/sinsiter/jealous tone

Which emotions are evoked in my last duchess?

-Dishonesty -Vengeance -Jealousy

What are the key themes in half caste?

-Identity -Racism -Danger of ignorance

What is the structure/form of half caste?

-Written in his dialect -Spelt phonetically -Free verse

What are the literary devices used in half caste?

-imperatives -Mocking -Sarcasm -Juxtapostion -Confrontational tone

Which poems can you compare half caste to?

Search for my tongue

Which emotions are evoked in half caste?

-Sorrow for him -People will stop being ignorant

What are the key themes in do not go gentle into that good night?

-Aging -Death -Journey

What are the emotions evoked in do not go gentle into that good night?

-Bravery -Confidence -Courage

What is the structure/form of do not go gentle into that good night?

-Villanelle -Five tercets and one quatrain

What are the literary devices in do not go gentle into that good night?

-Repetition -Beseeching tone -Pleading tone -Alliteration -Second person

Which poems can you compare to do not go gentle into that good night?

If Remember

What are the key themes in remember?

-Death -Love

What are the emotions evoked in remember?

-Anxiety -Grief -Worry -Sadness

What is the structure/form in remember?

-Sonnet -First person perspective -Iambic pentameter

What are the literary devices in remember?

-Enjambment -Repetition -Metaphors -Euphemism -Caesura

Which poems can you compare remember to?

-Shakespeare's sonnet -Do not go gentle into that good night

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