Poetry Flashcards
(10 cards)
What Is a theme of dulce et decorum
The main team is a heart of war and the betrayal of young soldiers to patriotic propaganda. Owen shows that war is not noble but grotesque and brutal.” the old lie:Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori”
What are the techniques used in dulce et decorum?
Simile:” bent double like old beggars under sacks”. Comparing soldiers to beggars to strip away any heroism. Onomatopoeia:” gargling.” The sickening sound of a man dying in his own fluids.
What is a team of midterm break?
The main team of midterm break is loss of grief. The spec reflects on the accident and the aftermath highlighting abruptness and emotional weight of loss of his 4-year-old brother.
What are the techniques used in midterm break?
Enjambment:” a 4 foot box a foot for every year” emphasis the finality of the child’s death. Onomatopoeia:” baby cooed” mimic the sound of a babies innocent joy which contrast sharply with the poem tragic context
Tell me about the team of the Rose that grew from concrete
Resilience and perseverance are the main teams. The rose symbolises a person who succeeds despite difficult circumstances defies the odds and tries overcoming diversity.” proving natures law is wrong it learned to walk without having feet.
Tell me about the techniques used in the rose that grew from concrete
Metaphor: rose and concrete are metaphor for individual individuals and their challenging environments. Symbolism: the rose symbolises individuals who overcome great odds.” funny it seems but by keeping its dreams it learned to breathe fresh air.
Tell me about the team of the Lake Isle of Innisfree
The poem of balls around the team of yearning for peace and return to nature. The speaker belongs to leave behind the noise and chaos a city life to find Tranquility and simplicity of romantic islands of Inish free.
Tell me about the techniques of the lake Isle of Innisfree
Repetition:” I will arise and go now and go to Innisfree”. The repetition of goal emphasises the speaker is urgent desire to leave immediately for Innisfree reinforcing his longing for escape. Imagery:” midnights all a glimmer and noon purple glow”. This use of rich visual imagery create a vivid sense of the islands natural beauty invoking the peaceful and colourful atmosphere of Inish free.
Tell me about the team of the thickness of ice
The main team of this poem is relationships from initial excitement and hope to complexity and ultimately to enstrangment it explores the fragility of love and human connections symbolises by the metaphor of skating on ice.” at first we’ll meet his friends…….. secretly I’ll be hoping we’ll become much more”
Tell me about the techniques used in the thickness of ice
Metaphor: the entire poem is built around the metaphor of skating with the ice representing the emotional ground between the two individuals. Repetition: structure of each sentence.” at first.”” later.”” last of all” emphasises the stages of the relationship making the passage of time and change in dynamics clear
