Lit | Paper 2 | Poem stuff Flashcards
(26 cards)
Fill in the gap: “Look on my ______, ye Mighty, and ______!” O
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Fill in the gap: “Two vast and ______ legs of stone / Stand in the ______…” O
Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert…
Ozymandias was written by Percy Bysshe ______, a Romantic poet. O
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias is a reference to ______ II, a powerful Egyptian pharaoh. O
Rameses II
Shelley believed nature and ______ would outlast human power. O
time
The poem is a warning about the ______ of power and empire. O
fragility (or impermanence)
Fill in the gap: “I wander through each ______ street” London
I wander through each charter’d street
Fill in the gap: “Marks of ______, marks of ______” London
Marks of weakness, marks of woe
Fill in the gap: “Blights with plagues the ______ hearse” L
Blights with plagues the marriage hearse
London was written by William ______, a Romantic poet. L
William Blake
Blake criticised the control of the ______ and the Church. L
government (or monarchy)
The poem attacks the loss of ______ and the corruption of society. L
freedom
“Charter’d” suggests everything in London was ______ by law. L
controlled or owned
Blake believed people were imprisoned by their own ______. L
minds (→ “mind-forg’d manacles”)
Kamikaze: Fill in the gap: “Her father’s boat – safe to the ______, salt-sodden, awash / With ______”
Her father’s boat – safe to the shore, salt-sodden, awash / With weather
Kamikaze: Fill in the gap: “He must have wondered which had been the better way to ______.”
He must have wondered which had been the better way to die.
Kamikaze: Kamikaze was written by ______ ______.
Beatrice Garland
Kamikaze: The poem is about a Japanese pilot during ______ ______ ______.
World War Two
Kamikaze: The poem explores the conflict between ______ and ______.
Duty and individuality
Kamikaze: The pilot’s memories of ______ and ______ influence his choice.
Nature and childhood
Kamikaze: After returning, the pilot is rejected by his ______ and community.
Family
The Prelude: Fill in the gap: “The waters rolling from their mountain ______ / With a sweet inland ______.”
“The waters rolling from their mountain springs / With a sweet inland murmur.”
Technique: Imagery
Effect: Creates peaceful inspiring natural scene reflecting Wordsworth’s awe.
The Prelude: Fill in the gap: “Led by her I ______ into the ______ of the woods.”
“Led by her, I strode into the heart of the woods.”
Technique: Enjambment (structure)
Effect: Reflects smooth flow of thoughts and deep immersion in nature.
The Prelude: Who wrote the poem and what is it about?
William Wordsworth wrote The Prelude an autobiographical poem about his growth and how nature inspired him.
