poetry

Question 1

london

Answer 1

morality song
‘in every cry of every man. in every infants cry of fear’
‘plagues the marriage hearse’
‘blood down palace walls’

Question 2

ozymandius

Answer 2

‘ozymandius’ - ruler once powerful now obsolete
‘vast and trunkless legs of stone’
‘nothing beside remains.’ - caesura
‘shattered visage lies’-impossible to gain back power
‘sheer of cold command’

Question 3

poppies

Answer 3

first person. blank verse. - sincerity
‘i pinned one onto your lapel’
‘all my words flattened’ enjambment
‘leaned against it like a wishbone - similie physical strength of war memorial contrasts the pain parents have relying on fate.
‘your playground voice catching on the wind’