Power And Conflict Flashcards
(6 cards)
Ozymandias
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings”
“Nothing besides remains”
London
“marks of weakness, marks of woe”
“Hapless soldier’s sign runs in blood down palace walls”
“Chimney sweeper’s cry”
“I wonder through every chartered street”
Prelude
“Led by her”
“Troubled pleasure”
“Mountains-echoes”
“Serious mood”
Bayonet charge
“Bullets smacking the belly out of the air” - metaphor - not trained - ‘smacking’ onomatopoeia
“He was running like a man who has jumped up in the dark and runs” - similie - ‘dark’ cant see why he’s here
“King,honour,human dignity” - volta - he is free now
Remains
“I see every round as it rips through his life”
Hit this looter a dozen of times”
‘Blink’ ‘sleep’ ‘dream’
“His bloody life in my bloody hands”
Kamikaze
“Head full of powerful incantations” - propaganda casting spells
“Brothers waiting” - life and family is more important realised he’s a human with family
“We too learned to be silent” - volta - all of that for nothing to get left