English lit Flashcards
(49 cards)
“charged the nobel 600”
The charge of the light brigade
“his blood stained shadow”
Remains
“i am branded by an impression of sunlight”
The emigree
“three days before armistice sunday”
Poppies
“let the daylight break through capitalists and monoliths”
Tissues
“i unloosened her chain”
The prelude
“one way journey into history”
Kamikaze
“a shattered visage lies”
Ozymandias
“my gift of a 900 year old name”
My last duchess
“bullets smacking the belly out of the air”
Bayonet charge
“a hundred agonies in black and white - will pick out five or six”
War photographer
“bandage up me eye with me own history”
Checking out me history
“pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling to our faces”
Exposure
“I wander through each chartered street
London
“One summer evening (led by her)”
The Prelude
“valley of death”
The charge of the light brigade
“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that
knive us…”
Exposure
“spits like a tame cat/ turned savage”
Storm on the island
“he lugged a rifle numb as a smashed arm”
Bayonet charge
“his bloody life in my bloody hands”
Remains
“hoping to hear. Your playground voice catching on the
wind
Poppies
What is the main theme of the poem ‘Ozymandias’?
The transience of power and the inevitable decline of all leaders.
True or False: The inscription on Ozymandias’s pedestal boasts about his greatness.
True
Fill in the blank: In ‘London’, the phrase ‘chartered _______’ refers to the regulation of the Thames River.
street