Poems

Question 1

What are the characteristics of The charge of light brigade

Answer 1

•Refrain
•irregulär structure=chaotic
•glorifies soldiers
•free verse=no rules

Question 2

3 quotes from the charge of the light brigade

Answer 2

•’rode the six hundred’
•’O the wild charge they made!’
•’Into the mouths of hell’

Question 3

What are the characteristics of Belfast confetti?

Answer 3

•metaphors
•confetti=shrapnel
•conflict in country
•between protestants and catholics

Question 4

3 quotes from Belfast confetti

Answer 4

•‘ it was raining exclamation marks’
•’i know this labyrinth so well’
•’was trying to complete a sentence in my head but kept stuttering’

Question 5

What are the characteristics of A poisoned tree?

Answer 5

•Quadrains=4 lines stanzas
•tree is symbolic of growing anger
•speaker is angry with foe
•poem is extended metaphor

Question 6

3 quotes from A poised tree

Answer 6

•’And i water’d it in fears’
•’My wrath did grow’
•’I told my wrath, my wrath did end’

Question 7

What are the characteristics of Half cast?

Answer 7

•mockery
•refrain
•free verse

Question 8

3 quotes from Half caste

Answer 8

•’i dream half a dream’
•‘yu mean when light an shadow’
•’mix red an green’

Question 9

What are the characteristics of The destruction of sennacherib?

Answer 9

•military rhythm=stressed syllables
•the assyrian trumped kill all jews
•Anapestic tetrametre=rhythm of poem
•quadrains

Question 10

3 quotes from The destruction of sennacherib

Answer 10

•’The sheen of their speers we’re like stars on the sea’
•’The assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold’
•’The angle of death spread his wings on the blast’