Poem Quotes Flashcards by Matthew Down

What quote describes the statue in ‘Ozymandias’?

‘And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command’

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What quote is written on the plaque next to the statue in ‘Ozymadias’?

‘My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!’

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What is the first line of ‘Ozymandias’?

‘I met a traveller from an antique land’

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What adjectives are used to describe the wreckage of the statue in ‘Ozymandias’?

‘Colossal’, ‘Boundless’, ‘Bare’

‘Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare’

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What is the first line of ‘London’?

‘I wander through the chartered streets’

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What section in ‘London’ shows the repetition of people’s feelings?

‘In every cry of every man, in every infant’s cry of fear, in every voice, in every ban’

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What quote refers to the upper class citizans in ‘Londonk?

‘Runs in blood down palace walls’

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What words, using the technique of plosives, are used to portray the violence of the situation in ‘London’?

‘Blasts, ‘Blights’, ‘Plagues’

‘Blasts the newborn infant’s tear, and blights with plagues the marriage hearse’.

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What is the first line of ‘The Prelude: Stealing The Boat’?

‘One summer evening (let by her) I found’

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What line includes the volta used in ‘The Prelude: Stealing The Boat’?

‘Of sparkling light. But now, like one who rows,’

‘But now’

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What quote from the poem describes the mountain in ‘The Prelude: Stealing The Boat’ using repetition?

‘A huge peak, back and huge’

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Contrasting with the beginning of ‘The Prelude: Stealing The Boat’, what section of the poem includes no imagry

‘No familiar shapes / remained, no pleasant images of trees, / or sea or sky, no colours of green fields; / but huge and mighty forms, that do not live

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What is the first line of ‘My Last Duchess’?

‘That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall’

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In ‘My Last Duchess’, what section shows the character attempting to justify himself?

My favour at her breast, / the dropping of daylight in the West, / the bough of cherries some officious fool / broke in the orchard for her, the white mule / she rode around the terrace - all and each / would draw from her alike the approving speech, / or blush, at least.

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Which simple line demontrasted the Duke ordering his Duchess’ death in ‘My Last Duches’?

‘I gave orders’

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What words/phrases are used as repetition in ‘My Last Duchess’?

Fr Pandolf
Spot of joy
Stoop
Smile

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What is the first line of ‘Charge Of The Light Brigade’

‘Half a league, half a league, half a leauge onward’

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What words/phrases are used as repetition in ‘Charge Of The Light Brigade’?

Half a league 
Valley of death 
Six hundred
Forward, the Light Brigade!
Their's...
Cannon 
Jaws of death
Mouth of hell
All the world wondered

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What semantic fields are used in ‘Charge Of The Light Brigade’?

Heroism

Violence

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What line of sibilance imitates the soldiers being shot at in ‘Charge Of The Brigade’?

‘Storm’d at with shot and shell’

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What is the fist line of ‘Exposure’?

‘Our brains ache in the iced east winds that knive us’

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What simple phrase is used. Four times at the end of four of the stanzas in ‘Exposure’?

‘But nothing ever happens’

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What two voltas are used in ‘Exposure’?

‘Deep into grassier ditches’

‘We turn back to our dying’

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Wich to sections of ‘Exposure’ tell the dream of the narrator?

‘So we daze, sun-dozed, / littered with blossoms tickling where the blackbird fusses’
‘Slowly our ghosts drag home: glimpsing the suck fires glozed / with crusted dark-red jewles; crickets jingle there; / for hours the innocent mice rejoice; the house is theirs’

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What is the first line of 'Storm On The Island'?

'We are prepared: we buld our houses squat'

What semantic fields are used in 'Storm On The Island'?

Safety Fear Violence

What volta is used in 'Storm On The Island'?

'But no'

What quote shows that the narrator is looking for companionship in 'Storm On The Island'?

'You might think that the sea is company'

What is the first line of 'Bayonet Charge'?

'Suddenly he awoke running - raw'

What semantic fields are used in 'Bayonet Charge'?

Violence Figurative speech Natural imagery

What animal is used as a symbol for death and violnce in 'Bayonet Charge'?

A yellow hare

What is the first line of 'Remains'?

'On another occassion, we get sent out'

What volta is used in 'Remains'?

'End of story, except not really'

Whatline of 'Remains' shows the narrator feeling guilt for what he did?

'His bloody life in my bloody hands'

What is the first line of 'Poppies'?

'Three days before Armistice Sunday'''

What semantic fields are used in 'Poppies'?

Millitary | Touch/soft language

What object reflects the unknowing and pointless nature of the task in 'Bayonet Charge'?

Green hedge

What phrase, repreated twice, shows how the narrator is beginning to doubt himself in 'Remains'

'Probably armed, possibly not'

What word in 'Poppies' reflects felt by Jesus at his crucifixion?

'Blackthorns'

What lines of 'Poppies' demonstrate rememberance?

'After you'd gone, I went into your bedroom' | '...the inscriptions on the war memorial'

What is the first line of 'War Photographer'?

'In his dark room, he is finally alone'

What use of sibilance in 'War Photographer' highlights the silence in the room?

'Spools of suffering et in ordered rows'

What volta is used in 'War Photographer'?

'Something is happenening'

What simple sentace at the end of 'War Photographer' creates a cyclical structure?

'But they do not care'

What is the first line of 'Tissue'?

'Paper that lets the light shine through'

What semantic fields are used in 'Tissue'?

Light | Creation

The repetition of what word in 'Tissue' symbolises the layers of the poem?

'Over'

What secton of a sentance is separated into a separate paragraph at the end of 'Tissue'?

'...turned into your skin'

What is the first line of 'Emigree'?

'There once was a country... I lived there as a child'

What semantic field is used in 'Emigree'?

Conflict

The repetition of what abstract pronoun detatches the reader from the description in 'Emigree'?

They

What is the narrator's viewpoint of her country in 'Emigree'?

Although she recognises the conflict in her country, the memories and th happiness she flt there overpowers these feelings and the mood of the poem is positive overall

What is the first line of 'Kamikaze'?

Her father embarked at sunrise

What semantic field is used in 'Kamikaze'?

Nature

What is the impact of the inclusion of four generations in 'Kamikaze'?

Although only two generations speak in the poem, the mention of four generations highlights how the entire family were affected by the narrator's father's actions

The repetition of what word highlights the safety felt within the family in 'Kamikaze'?

Safe

What is the first line of 'Checking Out Me History'?

'Dem tell me, dem tell me wha dem wanna tell me'

What semantic field is used in 'Checking Out Me History'?

Light/dark

What british term is used when thenarrator begins recounting his experiences in 'Chcking Out Me History'?

Nanny

What nursery rhyme is referanced in 'Checking Out Me History'?

Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon The little dog laughed to see such fun And the dish ran away with the spoon

What authors write what poems in the Power & Conflict Poem Anthology?

``` Ozymandias - Percy Shelly London - Williams Blake The Prelude: Stealing The Boat - William Wordsworth My Last Duchess - Robert Browning The Charge Of The Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson Exposure - Wilfred Owen The Island - Seamus Henry Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes Remains - Simon Armatage Poppies - Jane Weir War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy Tissue - Imtaiz Dharker The Emigree - Carol Rumens. Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland Checking Out Me History - John Agard ```

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