Poetry Flashcards

(35 cards)

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Wh are the two leading themes in Ozymandias

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Power of Humans

Power of Nature

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What is a language technique in Ozymandias

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ALLITERATION

LONE AND LEVEL

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Imagery technique in Ozymandias?

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IMAGE OF FAILURE

“Half sunk, a shattered visage lies”

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Form in Ozymandias?

2 Points

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SONNET shows his love for himself

Second hand account distancing the reader from the king

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Who wrote Ozymandias?🐢

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Percy Shelly

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Whats Ozymandias about?

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Narrator meets a traveler who talks about a statue
Statue of a king who ruled was arrogant
Statue had fallen

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What can Ozymandias be compared to ?

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Life represented in art- MY LAST DUCHESS

Power of nature-THE PRELUDE, EXPOSURE, STORM ON THE ISLAND

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What are the leading themes in London (4)

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Power of HUMANS
LOSS and ABSENCE
ANGER
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE

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Form in London?

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Dramatic monologue

ABAB rhyme scheme - shows nothings changing or his feet

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Structure in London?

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First 2 stanzas focus on people

Stanza 4 back to humans and how “new born infants tear”

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Language in London?

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Rhetoric language- Anaphora

“In every” represents the amount of people effected and how it needs to change

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Imagery in London🏭⛪️⛪️

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“Black’ning church”
Suggests thats its tarnished by its incapability of looking after people
Ugliness of industrial revolution

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Who was London written by

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William Blake

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Two main feelings in the poem London

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ANGER😡😡

HOPELESSNESS😞

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Compare London to which 2 poems?

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The prelude
The emigree
BOTH PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

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What is London about?

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A man walking around London and being surrounded by misery and poverty😰

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What are the main themes in the poem the Prelude 5

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POWER OF NATURE🌳
MEMORY💆🏼
FEAR😖
PRIDE
INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE
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Whats the Prelude about

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The narrator finds a boat tied to a tree, goes on the lake
Initially happy
Then afraid of ‘huge peak, black and huge’🍆
Turns around goes home, view on nature🌳 changes

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Form in the Prelude?

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First person narrative

Describes turning point in poets life

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Structure in the Prelude?

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3 MAIN SECTIONS
1st - TONE = LIGHT CAREFREE🙂
DISTINCT CHANGE AFTER MOUNTAIN APPEAR
Final section = reflects on his experience and how it changed him

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Beautiful Imagery

Fearful imagery in the Prelude?

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Beautiful- “sparkling light” “ elfin pinnace”
-connotations of fantasy elegance and light imagery
Fearful- “ a huge peak, black and huge”
- contrast to the “sparkling light water”
-repetition to emphasise its scale

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Language in Prelude

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Personification
“UPREARED HIS HEAD”
-used to show the power of nature

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Compare The Prelude to which poems?

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NATURE-
Exposure
Storm on the island

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
Remains

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What are the leading themes in The Charge Of The Light Brigade

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Power of conflict

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Language feature in The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Anaphora- canon canon canon Theirs theirs theirs-have to follow orders no matter what
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Imagery in The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Jaws of Death-personification capital D | Mouth of Hell-eaten by the valley
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Structural feature in The Charge Of The Light Brigade
Fast beat sounds like the cavalry or heartbeats
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Compare The Charge Of The Light Brigade to?
Bayonet charge
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What is the leading theme in Exposure
Power of nature Power of conflict Despair
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What is Exposure about?
An individuals interpretation of the trenches of WW1 trenches
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Language feature of Exposure
“All their eyes are ice” - metaphor Eyes of dead or buryers. Shows affects of war and nature
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Imagery in Exposure
‘Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces” Soft F sound of the weather Quiet stealth of the weather attack
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Structure in Exposure ?
“But nothing happens” Repeating in first and last stanza, suggesting even death doesn’t change anything Shows boredom and tension
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Compare Exposure to?
The prelude
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What are the leading themes in the poem Poppies
Loss | Impacts of war