Poetry Quotations

Question 1

“Nothing besides remains”

“Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair” (poem + technique)

Answer 1

Ozymandias

Juxtaposition, irony

Question 2

“Antique land” (poem + technique)

Answer 2

Ozymandias

Adds to semantic field, adjective “antique”

Question 3

“In every..” x2 (poem + technique)

Answer 3

London

Anaphora/ repetition

Question 4

“Youthful harlot’s curse” (poem + technique)

Answer 4

London

Juxtaposition

Question 5

“Marriage hearse” (poem + technique)

Answer 5

London

Oxymoron

Question 6

“Mind-forged manacles” (poem + technique)

Answer 6

London

Imagery

Question 7

“Huge peak, black and huge” (poem + technique)

Answer 7

The prelude

Repetition of “huge”

Question 8

“Heavenly through the water like swan” (poem + technique)

Answer 8

The prelude

Simile, leads to a change in mood

Question 9

What is the effect of the caesura in “The Prelude”?

Answer 9

Emphasises the power of the mountain as it is able to interrupt the flow of the poem every time its being talked about

Question 10

What is the effect of the break of iambic pentameter in “The Prelude”?

Answer 10

When less syllables are used it shows how overwhelmed/ speechless the poetic persona is
When extra syllables are used it shows the topic of transcending

Question 11

(In his thoughts) “there hung darkness” (poem + technique)

Answer 11

The Prelude

Personification, juxtaposes the mood at the start of the poem

Question 12

“My object” (poem + technique)

Answer 12

My Last Duchess

Possessive pronoun

Question 13

“Notice Neptune, though, taming a sea-horse” (poem + technique)

Answer 13

My Last Duchess

Symbolism- his obsession with dominance and how he viewed his wife as another rare possession (like art).

Question 14

“As if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred year old name with anybodies gift” (poem + technique)

Answer 14

My Last Duchess

Simile

Question 15

“Valley of death” (poem + technique)

Answer 15

Charge of the Light Brigade

Repetition , biblical imagery

Question 16

“Jaws of death” (poem + technique)

Answer 16

Charge of the Light Brigade

Personification, semantic field of death

Question 17

“Mouth of hell” (poem + technique)

Answer 17

Charge of the Light Brigade

Personification, semantic field of death

Question 18

“Not the six-hundred” (poem + structure technique)

Answer 18

Charge of the Light Brigade

Change in mood

Question 19

“Honour the charge they made!

Honour the Light Brigade” (poem + technique)

Answer 19

Charge of the light brigade

Anaphora

Question 20

“But nothing happens” (poem + technique)

Answer 20

Exposure
Repetition- emphasising their insignificance
Cyclical structure

Question 21

“Is it that we are dying?” (poem + technique)

Answer 21

Exposure

Rhetorical question

Question 22

(Bombs are)” less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow” (poem + technique)

Answer 22

Exposure

Juxtaposition

Question 23

“We are prepared” (poem + technique)

Answer 23

Storm on the island

First line

Question 24

(the sea) “spits like a tamed cat turned savage” (poem + technique)

Answer 24

Storm on the island
Simile
Personification- aggressive

Question 25

"Pummels your house" (poem + technique)

Answer 25

Storm on the island | Verb- violent

Question 26

"Its a huge nothing that we fear" (poem + technique)

Answer 26

Oxymoron- suggests fear is a paradox, there is nothing to fear or we fear the emptiness of the "empty wind"

Question 27

"The patriotic tear" (poem + technique)

Answer 27

Bayonet charge | Irony

Question 28

"King honour, human dignity, etcetera" (poem + technique)

Answer 28

Bayonet charge | List- almost like its drilled into him in training

Question 29

"In what cold clockwork of the stars and nation was he the hand pointing that second?" (poem + technique)

Answer 29

Bayonet charge Metaphor Rhetorical question

Question 30

"Blood-shadow" (stayed on the streets) (poem + technique)

Answer 30

Remains | Compound noun

Question 31

"Probably armed, possibly not" (poem + technique)

Answer 31

Remains | Repetition

Question 32

(Guy he shit in his head) "dug in behind enemy lunes" (poem + technique)

Answer 32

Remains | Metaphor

Question 33

"And the drinks and drugs won't flush him out" (poem + technique)

Answer 33

Remains | Emphasis PTSD

Question 34

"Sellotape bandage" (poem + technique)

Answer 34

Poppies | Oxymoron- domestic item and injury (war?)

Question 35

"Released a song bird from its cage" (poem + technique)

Answer 35

Poppies | Metaphor

Question 36

What is the semantic field used in "Poppies"?

Answer 36

Semantic field of remembrance

Question 37

What effect does the enjambment in "Poppies" have?

Answer 37

Emphasises the natural flow and tone of the mother, contributing to the theme of remembrance

Question 38

"They do not care" (poem + technique)

Answer 38

War photographer | Final line

Question 39

(His editing room) "as though this were a church and he a priest preparing to atone mass" (poem + technique)

Answer 39

War photographer | Simile

Question 40

"All flesh is grass" (poem + technique)

Answer 40

War photographer | Biblical reference- about the shortness of life

Question 41

"The reader's eyeballs prickled with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers" (poem + technique)

Answer 41

War photographer | Juxtaposition to war zone

Question 42

(Back to) "ordinary pain which simple weather can dispel, to fields which don't explode beneath the feet of running children in a nightmare heat" (poem + technique)

Answer 42

War photographer | Juxtaposition, personification of the heat

Question 43

How is caesura used in "War Photographer"?

Answer 43

To make the reader pause and reflect on the contrast of the war zones and safe England

Question 44

"Might fly our lives like paper kites" (poem + technique)

Answer 44

Tissue | Simile

Question 45

"Turned into your skin" (poem + technique)

Answer 45

Tissue | Final line, direct pronoun

Question 46

What is the effect of enjambment in "Tissue"?

Answer 46

Creates a very calm tone, which reflects her ideas of fragility

Question 47

"I am branded with an impression of sunlight" (poem + technique)

Answer 47

The Emigree | Juxtaposition

Question 48

"Sunlight"

Answer 48

The Emigree | Repetition, at the end of every stanza (emphasis hoe branded she is)

Question 49

(The city) "may be sick" "comes to me" "lies down" "takes me dancing" (poem + technique)

Answer 49

The Emigree | Personification

Question 50

What are the effect of enjambment and caesura in "The Emigree"?

Answer 50

Reflect the chaos of the place she loves, and her lack of power (cant go back)

Question 51

What is the effect of the regular stanza length in " The Emigree"

Answer 51

Reflect the reader trying to control the chaos, in the final stanza she loses control (extra lines) as she gets emotional because she didn't want to leave

Question 52

"Dem tell me" (poem + technique)

Answer 52

Checking out me history | Anaphora + repetition, reflect dialect, shows anger

Question 53

What is the effect of the italicised verses in " Checking out me history"?

Answer 53

Shows that black history is segregated/ treated differently

Question 54

What are the effects of the enjambement+ no punctuation in "Checking out me history"?

Answer 54

Shows that he is ranting about, shows passion, forces black and white historical figures in the same sentence

Question 55

"Which had been the better way to die" (poem + technique)

Answer 55

Kamikaze | Final line

Question 56

"Pearl grey pebbles" (poem + technique)

Answer 56

Kamikaze | Irony- flying to his death sees pebbles which are usually put at gravestones

Question 57

"My mother never again spoke in his presence" (poem + technique)

Answer 57

Kamikaze | "Never- hyperbolic

Question 58

(Everyone acted like he no longer existed) "only we children chattered and laughed/ till gradually we too learned to be silent" (poem + technique)

Answer 58

Kamikaze | Change in mood, enjambement- transition of the kids

Question 59

What effect does the narrative frame have in "Kamikaze"?

Answer 59

Creates distance ( as it's the daughter narrating) and adds bias