Poetry points

Question 1

Dulce/Soldier
Theme: War
What are 3 key comparison points?

Answer 1

1) Glorification of war vs horror
2) Differing portrayals of soldiers’ experience
3) Dulce suggests country owes soldier sacrifice, Soldier suggests soldier owes country sacrifice

Question 2

To Autumn
Theme: Time
What are 3 key comparison points and what to compare to?

Answer 2

Compare to Imperceptibly
1) Passing of time as gradual
2) Passing of time brings feelings of sadness and happiness
3) Nature/seasons passing is used as a metaphor for the passing of time

Question 3

To Autumn
Theme: Nature
What are 3 key comparison points and what to compare to?

Answer 3

Compare to Death of Naturalist
1) Change undergone by nature is mourned in To Autumn and feared in DoN
2) Keats’ idea of nature with man is tamed whereas Death of a Naturalist is violent
3) Contrasting imagery of nature. To Autumn uses imagery of the senses to romanticise Autumn. DoN uses visceral imagery

Question 4

Death of a Naturalist/Prelude
Theme: Nature
What are 3 key comparison points?

Answer 4

1) Initially nature provides joy for the speaker
2) Nature acts as a force for change
3) Nature and man are incompatible

Question 5

Death of a Naturalist/Prelude
Theme: Childhood/past
What are 3 key comparisons?

Answer 5

1) Childhood/past as a time of blissful ignorance
2) Past as a time of freedom/joy
3) Childhood/past has an inevitable end

Question 6

London/ Living Space
Theme: Place/people
What are 3 key comparisons?

Answer 6

1) Order and control in London, disorder in Living Space
2) Place directly affects people in London, it doesn’t bring people down in Living Space
3) Faith keeps people going in Living Space, affects people in London

Question 7

Ozymandias/Hawk Roosting
Theme: Power
What are 3 key comparisons

Answer 7

1) Unchanging power in Hawk, temporary power in Ozymandias
2) Violence associated with power, however inherent part of Hawk
3) Those in power believe it is invincible, hubris of power

Question 8

Ozymandias
Theme: Time/change
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Answer 8

Need to finish

Question 9

Cozy Apologia
Theme: Love
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Answer 9

Compare to Valentine
1) Ordinary/traditional love in Cozy, unconventional love in Valentine
2) Both poems present imperfect nature of love
3) Love as protective (more possessive in Valentine)

Question 10

Valentine/Sonnet 43
Theme: Love
What are 3 key comparisons?

Answer 10

1) Love as lifechanging/ eternal but in different ways
2) Traditional love Sonnet 43, unconventional love, Valentine
3) Love as healing/love as painful

Question 11

She Walks in Beauty
Theme: Love
What are 4 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Answer 11

Valentine
1) Love as one-sided/unattainable in SWB, love as painfully intimate in Valentine
2) Love as perfect in SWB, love as imperfect in Valentine
3) Both contain unconventional ideas of love and beauty
4) Love is deeper than what it seems on surface

Question 12

Hawk Roosting
Theme: Nature
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Answer 12

Compare to DON
1) Nature as ultimately omnipotent
2) Both use nature to represent/mirror the human world. Inherent violence within nature.
3) Nature is unchanging in Hawk, yet experiences dramatic change in DON. Link to perspective of nature from nature and from man

Question 13

Afternoons/Imperceptibly as Grief
Theme: Time
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Answer 13

1) Time passes subtly
2) Both associate passing of time with loss/grief
3) Imperceptibly ends on a hopeful image, even appreciating the beauty of time passing. Afternoons remains bleak, indicating the monotony of life

Question 14

As Imperceptibly as Grief
Theme: Loss
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?

Question 15

Mametz wood
Theme: Time
What are 3 key comparisons and what to compare to?