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What does Towards a green hedge suggest in bayonet charge
The solider is determined to complete his task
What does Suddenly he awoke and was running suggest In bayonet charge
How terrified the soldier is
What does “Hot” “his” heavy” from bayonet charge
All on one line. “h” signifies the heavy breathing
Charge of the light brigade “Rode the six hundred”
Repetition of this at the end of the first 3 stanzas
Charge of the light brigade “Strom’d at with shot and shell”
Sibilance emphasises the idea of ammunition flying at them
Charge of the light brigade “Into the jaws of Death, into the mouth of hell”
Personification of death and he’ll to make them seem like monsters that can’t be escaped from
Checking out me history “Dem tell me dem tell me what dem want to tell me”
He feels he has learnt to much about British culture and not about his own
Checking out me history “Haitian revolution”
History examples of misuse of power, slavery and European colonialism
Checking out me history “Dick Whittington and cat” “Toussaint L’Ouverture
He finds it ridiculous that he has learnt about pointless nursery rhymes but not famous Caribbean historical figures and hero’s
My Last dutchess “None puts by the curtain which I have pulled for you, but I”
Ironic as he is so obsessed with control but he couldn’t control his wife”
My Last dutchess
“I gave commands; then all smiles stopped”
Abuse of power, suggests he gave orders for his wife to be killed, he went to extreme causes to gain full control.
My Last dutchess “Too soon made glad”
He’s still angry at her supposedly ‘flirting.
Ozymandias ‘Of that colossal wreck’
The ruined statue shows how human achievements are insignificant compared to the passing of time.
Ozymandias ‘I met a traveller from an antique land’
The idea of an ‘ancient land’ suggests it is long forgotten.
Ozymandias Form and structure
The sonnet represents that it is transitional to show that the power will crumble.
Storm on the island “Exploding comfortably”
Reinstates ideas that the power of humans is insignificant when compared to nature.
Storm on the island “Blast” “Pummels”
Plosive, forceful sounds emphasise the power of nature.
Storm on the island “We are prepared” “It is a huge nothing that we fear”
The first line gives us an impression of safety but we find out that at the end the humans can’t compete with nature.
The Émigrée “There was once a country…I left as a child
The poem opens up into the past tense and seems to be structured like a story - it suggests loss
The Émigrée “My memory of it is sunlight - clear”
Metaphor - This conveys that the memory is happy and innocent as well as a vivid and bright childhood
The Émigrée “I never saw it in that November”
‘November’ is symbolic of difficult times where everything is dark, cold and gloomy - contrasts the the sunlight.
Exposure “Merciless iced east winds that knive us”
Nature is portrayed as their enemy, they are more likely to die from exposure to the elements than they are to by fighting the Germans.
Exposure “But nothing happens”
No progression, represents the relentlessness of the elements.
Exposure “Back on forgotten dreams”
The men have given up all hopes of fulfilling their dreams.
