Poems Flashcards
(10 cards)
Ozymandias quotes
“Antique land”
“Shattered visage”
Ozymandias structure
Iambic pentameter
First 8 lines are octave
Sonnet
London structure
ABAB rhyme scheme. Every stanza shows a different part of London. Biblical language is used
London quotes
“Cry of every man”
“Blood down palace walls”
“Marriage hearse”
The Prelude structure
Epic poem- ordinary events given extraordinary quality
No stanzas
Enjambment
Caesura
The Prelude quotes
“Huge peak, black and huge”
“Craggy ridge”
“Trouble to my dreams”
My last duchess structure
Caesura, speaker hiding something
AABB rhyme scheme, shows order and education- ironic
My last duchess quotes
“My” shows his possessive nature
“I gave commands”
“Which I have not” - saying he doesn’t have skill in speech which is ironic due to the structure of the poem
Exposure structure
8 stanzas, five lines
No regular rhyme scheme, slant rhyme
Exposure quotes
Repetition of “But nothing happens”
“Mad gusts”
“Rain soaks”
“Is it that we are dying”
