poetry quotes Flashcards
3 quotes on Ozymandias
” look at my works ye mighty and despair “ - having a stressed s syllable at the start of the quote portrays Ozymandias tone of command the word ye might also shows his arrogant attitude
of that colossal reck - shows how human achievements are nothing compared to the power of time
stretch far way - suggest that even though the dessert is vast it survives longer than Ozymandias showing the power of nature and the insignificance of Ozymandias
3 quotes from London
repetition of the word” every “ emphasises the feeling of bleakness
mind forged manacles - people are trapped in their own minds
runs down blood in palace walls - suggest the people in power and monarchy are safe behind the palace walls and the normal people are suffering
3 quotes from the prelude
upreared its head - the mountain is personified to sound scary and out of the blue - contrast to beautiful images earlier on in the poem
huge mighty forms that do not live like men - nature is described as being powerful and that in can influence human life
3 quotes my last duchess
3 quotes on charge of the light brigade
flashed their sabres bare flashed as they turned in the air sabring the gunners there- the repetion of flashed suggest poweful image of humans and there swords and the rhyme portays the rythm of the swords being swung
jaws of death - personifies death as if the soldiers cannot escape
when will their glory fade - rhetorical question which challenges the reader
3 quotes on exposure
is it that we are dying - rhetorical question asking the reader if they are there just to die
bnut nothing happens - first stanza ends the same as the first stanza suggesting death doesn’t change anything
flowing flakes flock - the sibilance repersents the bullets flying
3 quotes storm on the island
spits like a tame cat - smile shows how famillar things can become scary during a storm
we are prepared - strong opening phrase which cretaes a feeling of safetey but contrast with ther last line of the poem
it is a huge nothing that we fear - final line
3 quotes on bayonet charge
king honour dignity etcetera- these are reason for going to war but using ect shows there not even worth listing too
his terror touchy dynamite - the solider has become a wepon not a person purely driven by terror
3 quotes remains
some distant sun-stunned sand smothered land - the adjectives smothered and stunned show how the place was affected by the war
it rips through his life - this metaphor contrast with the colloquial language in the first paragraph
dug in behind enemy lines - the metaphor compares the memory stuck in his mind to a solider in a trench
3 quotes on poppies
3 quotes on war photographer
3 quotes on checking out me history
blind me - john agarde is metaphocially blind to his own history
bandage up me own eye with me history - image of bandage is ironic because bandages are meant to heal but here they are causing the blindness
